[Rosters] :: World Cup 92

by **Tjorl** » Thu Sep 22, 2022 7:18 am

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TJORLISH NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL TEAM
WORLD CUP 92

GOALKEEPERS
#   | Name		   Age	Sex   Team
#1  | Ralf Lewisohn	   25	M      Czujon 022
#12 | Stefan Johanssen     26 	M      Asurblau Afoln
#32 | Alois Tollefsruud    27	M      Dalen Drueberg
DEFENDERS
#   | Name		   Age	Sex   Team
#2  | Harald Giehl	   28	M      Konunsfjord 014
#3  | Franz Kaufer	   32	M      Asurblau Afoln
#4  | Erich Karjalainen	   24	M      Czujon 022
#5  | Karoline Steinssen   29	F      Mauschlag 08
#15 | Eduard Rebrović	   26	M      Tjusto FSC
#16 | Isak Aarvold	   24	M      Asurblau Afoln
#23 | Elisa Karstensen	   29	F      Kaldlakris Drazieu
#27 | Harald Teufenauer	   30	M      Ternet Creuzbrück
MIDFIELDERS
#   | Name		   Age	Sex   Team
#6  | Mathias Schärer	   21	M      Lakewood City
#8  | Johan Kalbfleisch	   20	M      Czujon 022
#14 | Tobi Krzanowski	   22	M      Couno Rangers
#17 | Marina Nystrand	   25	F      Vaduz Portcullis
#18 | Hans Beringer	   27	M      Asurblau Afoln
#20 | Elisabet Kruse	   25	F      Mauschlag 08
#22 | Ann-Sofie Hansdottir 20 	F      Swangard Athletic
#24 | Solveig Nicolaisen   25	F      SF Kjol
FORWARDS
#7  | Martin Breiner	   26	M      Czujon 022
#9  | Nikolaj Eriksen	   23	M      Asurblau Afoln
#10 | Kevin Olssen	   24	M      Asurblau Afoln
#11 | Albert Skarsgard	   26	M      Vadheim 03
#13 | Anna-Lisa Geijer	   23	F      SF Kjol
#19 | Rosa Margritte	   32	F      Ascht Amor SC
#23 | Finn Stiefel	   26	M      Asurblau Afoln
STAFF
Manager | Viktor Mandel
Assistant Managers | Mats Klossner, Lisbeth Herschel
Fitness Coaches | Edvard Freudenberger, Annette Mayer

SQUAD ROLES
Captain: Franz Kaufer
Short FK: Martin Breiner
Long FK: Kevin Olssen
Penalties: Nikolaj Eriksen
Left Corner: Hans Beringer
Right Corner: Tobi Krzanowski

This is just to show Tjorl's usual starters. If you want Tjorl to have a different starting lineup if you RP first, then feel free to do so.

NICKNAME: Krigerne (The Warriors)
FANBASE NICKNAME: Die Kald Block (The Cold Block)
DEMONYM: Tjorlin (noun) & Tjorlish (adjective & plural)
TRIGAMME: TJL
MAIN FORMATION: 4-2-3-1
RANK: 114
STYLE: +2
HISTORY: 20-9-17

"One fight, one goal"
Kits made by Tjorlish Supplier Arlisk

Name		   Capacity	City 	Matchdays
Nasjonalstadion	   95,101	Kjol 	MD13 v Nephara, MD20 v  Mertagne
Morsteinstadion    91,422 	Czujon 	MD1  v Cassadaigua, MD8 v  Kelssek
Havnstadion        75,126 	Tjusto 	MD18 v Reçueçn, MD22 v Pluvia and the Saxean Isles
Mandlstadion       70,590 	Afoln 	MD10 v Saterun, MD16 v Koronavia
Zürner Park        50,609 	Roshavn MD4  v East Murbley, MD6 v Xitizian States

by **HUElavia** » Thu Sep 22, 2022 7:49 am

HUElavia National Football Team

Uniforms
Goal Song
Style: +2

Squad:
Goalkeepers-
#1: Ignacio Casillas
(30 Years Old) (1.83 m) (Real Curumba CF)
#12: Eva Petit
(28 Years Old) (1.82 m) (RCD San Rafael)
#23: Lucas Lettmann
(36 Years Old) (1.82 m) (Acuatico FC)
#27: Bianca Peirano
(19 Years Old) (1.84 m) (HUEsilia FC)
XX: Carlos Villa
(28 Years Old) (1.85 m) (International Curumba)
XX: Marieta Barturen
(23 Years Old) (1.80 m) (Athletic Club Itio)
XX: Vitoria Bares
(18 Years Old) (1.80 m) (Real Curumba CF)
XX: Dario Villegas
(26 Years Old) (1.86 m) (AC Romano)

Defenders-
#2: Juan Domingo Lavezzi
(32 Years Old) (1.78 m) (CB) (Real Curumba CF)
#3: Julieta Higashi Fernandes
(30 Years Old) (1.79 m) (CB) (FC Portimao)
#4: Murilo Luz Vargas
(26 Years Old) (1.82 m) (RB-LB) (RCD San Rafael)
#5: Gabriela Rosado
(27 Years Old) (1.67 m) (LB-RB) (FC Santiago)
#12: Damian Sharapov
(20 Years Old) (1.85 m) (LB-RB) (RCD San Rafael)
#15: Cíntia Couto Chagas
(19 Years Old) (1.70 m) (RB-LB) (Real Curumba CF)
#16: Llanke Pillpe Amaru
(28 Years Old) (1.72 m) (CB) (Real Curumba CF)
#18: Patrizio Ardance
(22 Years Old) (1.84 m) (CB) (Athletic Club Itio)
#26: Mazzi Uzochukwu
(28 Years Old) (1.83 m) (CB) (SC Gikoji)
XX: Waleeda al-Beshara
(27 Years Old) (1.74 m) (CB) (Real Curumba CF)
XX: Danilo Cayco Amparo
(25 Years Old) (1.83 m) (CB) (Manilla CF)
XX: Nayara Arroyo Chanca
(26 Years Old) (1.65 m) (LB-RB) (RCD San Rafael)
XX: Stefan Prokopenko
(23 Years Old) (1.82 m) (RB-LB) (Dynamo Bolovets)
XX: Yong-Ho Ryang
(18 Years Old) (1.81 m) (CB) (FC Santos)
XX: Qaylla Cancha Huyhua
(19 Years Old) (1.66 m) (CB) (Kuelap CF)
XX: Escobar Nazário Brito
(19 Years Old) (1.80 m) (RB-LB) (FC Santos)
XX: Umeko Wakai
(18 Years Old) (1.68 m) (RB-LB) (SC Yatagarasu)
XX: Gisele Lacerda do Amaral
(23 Years Old) (1.72 m) (CB) (FC Santos)

Midfielders-
#6: Teresa Font
(34 Years Old) (1.62 m) (DM-CM) (International Curumba)
#8: Elena Bellerose
(28 Years Old) (1.70 m) (CM-AM) (Olympique de Lourdes)
#10: David Navarro-Hamada
(24 Years Old) (1.70 m) (CM-AM) (Real Curumba CF)
#14: Rafael Mayordomo
(25 Years Old) (1.86 m) (DM-CM) (International Curumba)
#19: Philippe Brousseau
(19 Years Old) (1.79 m) (DM-CM-AM) (Olympique de Lourdes)
#22: Lourdes Simsuangco Duarte
(27 Years Old) (1.60 m) (DM-CM-AM) (RCD San Rafael)
#25: Gabriela Yamada Kanashiro
(20 Years Old) (1.68 m) (DM-CM) (Real Curumba CF)
XX: Chuki Cachi Orccosupa
(23 Years Old) (1.60 m) (DM-CM-AM) (Real Curumba CF)
XX: Se-Ah Si
(19 Years Old) (1.63 m) (DM-CM-AM) (Goang FC)
XX: Moises Urto
(22 Years Old) (1.75 m) (DM-CM) (Athletic Club Itio)
XX: Clara Belluci Barreto
(23 Years Old) (1.65 m) (DM-CM) (FC Portimao)
XX: Ji-Hu Si
(25 Years Old) (1.78 m) (CM-AM) (Goang FC)
XX: Izhi Chambi Cachi
(19 Years Old) (1.76 m) (CM-AM) (FC Santos)
XX: Ayuka Koga
(18 Years Old) (1.58 m) (CM-AM) (SC Yatagarasu)
XX: Adon Luro
(20 Years Old) (1.82 m) (DM-CM) (Athletic Club Itio)

Attackers-
#7: Ringo Honda
(35 Years Old) (1.64 m) (LW-RW) (Real Curumba CF)
#9: Raul Nascimento Jardim
(31 Years Old) (1.82 m) (ST-CF) (FC Santos)
#11: Gonzalo Balderas
(25 Years Old) (1.75 m) (LW-RW) (RCD San Rafael)
#17: Cristiano Aveiro Junior
(22 Years Old) (1.80 m) (LW-RW) (Real Curumba CF)
#20: Rafaela Nascimento Lópes
(30 Years Old) (1.61 m) (CF-ST) (FC Santos)
#21: Iskay Chanca Caipa
(30 Years Old) (1.60 m) (RW-LW) (FC Santos)
#24: Kukuyu Vilca Malqui
(24 Years Old) (1.78 m) (CF-ST) (International Curumba)
XX: Su Xuan
(19 Years Old) (1.65 m) (LW-RW) (International Curumba)
XX: Akio Ueyama
(19 Years Old) (1.78 m) (ST-CF) (SC Yatagarasu)
XX: Milia Amezcua
(18 Years Old) (1.70 m) (RW-LW) (Athletic Club Itio)
XX: Jae-Yun Tan
(26 Years Old) (1.67 m) (RW-LW) (Goang FC)
XX: Hastu Nina Anhuaman
(25 Years Old) (1.65 m) (CF-ST) (FC Amaya)
XX: Ruslan Yakovich
(26 Years Old) (1.83 m) (RW-LW) (Dynamo Bolovets)
XX: Jurgi Uhalte
(30 Years Old) (1.85 m) (CF-ST) (Athletic Club Itio)

Head Coach:
Cristiano Aveiro Lima (57 Years Old)

Assistant Coaches:
Jose Antonio Lobato (49 Years Old), Kayla Tangkiang Cayetano (43 Years Old)

(For B-Team squad, switch all players with their back up counterpart. C-Team would be 3rd set of players per position, D-Team would be the last set of players)

Starting XI:
1 Casillas
4 Vargas, 3 Higashi, 2 Lavezzi, 5 Rosado
6 Font, 8 Bellerose
17 Aveiro, 10 Navarro-Hamada, 7 Honda
9 Nascimento

Roles-
Captain: Honda
Vice-Captain: Lavezzi, Casillas
Free-Kicks: Navarro-Hamada, Aveiro, Font
Penalties: Honda, Nascimento
Corners: Font, Bellerose

(Please view my Stadiums Factbook to take a look at where you will be playing)

Use this to know where you will play while in HUElavia

RP Permissions
Choose my goal scorers: Yes
Godmod scoring events: Yes
RP injuries to my players: Yes, but nothing severe
Godmod Injuries to my players: Yes, but nothing severe
Suspend my players: Yes, but be reasonable
Godmod suspension events: Yes, but be reasonable
Godmod other events: Yes

by **Al Qurija** » Thu Sep 22, 2022 1:59 pm

Al Qurija National Team

Information about Al Qurija:
Capital: Al Qurija
Population: 20,592,505(New census)
Demonym: Qurijan, Qurijano
Country Code: QRJ
Football Association: QFF (Qurijan Football Federation)
Nicknames: The broken, the secret champs
Football philosophy: A mish-mash of cultures has affected the way football is played in Al Qurija, with each of the Qurijan, Slomjenski, Jokani and Juven cultures giving its own touch. While they had been constantly trying to figure out a style of play that fits the team, they figured that aggressive football is the way that suits the Broken like a glove, as is inspired by Porras, one of the most offensively-minded coaches in the multiversal stage.

Starting XI:
GK:Faraj Han(Age 28)(AC Cutti)(Second Captain)
CB:Mohammad Al-Wazir(Age 24)(FC Piluzzi)
CB:Rade Hadžić(Age 29)(Universidad de Dronghi)
RB:Ninoslava Ventimiglia(Age 25)(Odiol Vinceti)
LB:Kim Hoseok(Age 23)(Brantisvogan)
CM:Dubravka Bouchard(Age 21)(U.S Scudelli)
RM:Teodosija Souza(Age 23)(AS Aguajú)
LM:Džafer Lučić-Diouf(Age 30)(AC Picilia)
RF:Joao Fonte-Ivanovski(Age 31)(U.S Remeno)(Captain)
LF:Zakariya Mohammed(Age 23)(Al Qurija FC)
CF:Modevideo Carpi(Age 28)(Ituraitz FC)

Substitutions:
GK:Abd al-Majid Saqqaf(Age 24)(Porcara FC)
GK:Mira Babić(Age 22)(Union Osce)
CB:Shahid Hussain(Age 34)(Canzaria FC)
RB:Saša Kovačević(Age 23)(FC Tiscan)
LB:Fareed Muhammad(Age 30)(Petro Mohammed FC)
CM:Elisa Alesci(Age 18)(AC Serone)
RM:Moustaphe Hakim-Clermont(Age 20)(AC Guillermont)
LM:Ugo Scarsi(Age 27)(Picgliara Calcio)
RF:Nadiyya Al-Hashim(Age 23)(FC Stefanovo)
LF:Jovanka Tomčić(Age 28)(USC Toro)
CF:Gasparo Antonini(Age 20)(Rivoluzione 1876 FC)

Roster comments: Porras has been given the freedom to start a big chunk of the squad from scratch. Despite the team's inability to clinch a spot for the World Cup, or at least an invitation to the tournament of wildcards, the Cup of Harmony, the Qurijan Football Federation has given its full support to Porras and are going to trust in the process of the team's rise through the ranks. With that said, the entire bench has been redone and very few members of the national team from the previous cycle remain at all, let alone consistent starters. This breath of fresh air was given after the great showing of some promising young talent through the leagues in Juvencus and Oscioru in the past season. With that said, the team has to build its synergy first, but most of the starters do happen to be players from the squads of previous cycles, so a smooth transition for the newer additions is to be expected.

Staff:
Main Coach:Pau Porras
Assistant Coach:Fihr Muhammed Bousaid
Assistant Coach:Roberto Guzman Mahmoud
Team Doctor:Chakeer Abdularahmad
Team Physician:Abdul Petrevski

RP Permissions
Choose my scorers: Yes
Choose my scoring events: Yes
Godmod scoring events: Yea, of course you can, go crazy, make my goalkeeper temporarily blind while you guys are shooting at him or something.
Godmod Injuries to my players: No
Give Yellow Cards to my players: Yes, 1 per game.(see below, if it's a 2nd yellow)
Give Red Cards to my players: Yes, 1 per 2 games, with a preferred punishment of 1-3 matchdays during the qualifiers and just 1 during the world cup proper or cup of harmony.
Godmod other events: Yes, however in regards to the coronavirus or any plague-related RPs, the country just recently stopped an epidemic of grand levels of its own, so it'd be wise not to RP another one.
RP injuries to my players: Yea, but nothing too serious such as world cup-ending or career-ending. The max is 2-matchday long injuries.
Style Modifier: +5

by **Cabo Azure** » Thu Sep 22, 2022 2:45 pm

Cabo Azure National Football Team "Las Maçaricas"

Starting XI

Chicken		Corte					
	Gouveia		Silveira				
			Ferreira				
	Rathbone						
		Maciel					
de Lima				Branco			
	Medeiro		Moniz				
		Gomez

The Gaffer
An amiable, always smiling man well into his seventies, Paulinho has coached every iteration of the Azurean national team that has played. While he isn't getting any younger, he also hasn't shown his age too much, not in his selections to the national team and not in his tactics. He favors an attacking style, with wingbacks joining the attack and a holding mid that provides cover for the centerbacks while pulling strings from deep. A brief flirtation with a 5-3-2 style succeeded only in exposing the national team's lack of depth at centerback (the brothers Brandao aren't bad, per se, but it's a steep dropoff from Moniz and Medeiro, both of whom play in first-rate foreign leagues).
Goalkeepers
GK Ambrosio Gomez 23 y/o Olympic Thessia (MYT)
A good all-round keeper, seasoned by his time in Mytanija. Earned the starting role during World Cup qualifying and is expected to keep it until he retires or falls out of favor.

GK Gilberto Valente 29 y/o Portelo
Lithe and quick, but prone to overcommitting. Rose to prominence when Portelo did the double a season ago, winning the Liga Hidalgo Primer and the Copa Maçarica.

GK Zezé Sapateiro 20 y/o Miruan City FC (TKT)
Recently signed to a Tikariotian side as a backup, will likely be a backup for hte national team for the foreseaable future

Defenders
RB Amilcar Branco 27 y/o Dhun Lagarr FC (TKT)
The Maçaricas’ undisputed starting right back, and one of its best players. A pacy fullback with the speed and skill to contribute on offense, he has evolved into an every-game starter not only for the .Maçaricas, but his club team as well, making him one of the few Azureans to have such an impact overseas.

CB Adão Moniz 26 y/o Reschensreppur (GRF)
An agile, harrying centerback making his way in a league dominated by “Big F*cking Grantfjallers”, Moniz was a fixture for the Azureans in qualifying and continues to improve.

CB Deodato Medeiro 27 y/o Marine Coast United (VIL)
Despite not having the size or bruising physique that Azureans generally prefer in their centerbacks, Medeiro has exceeded all expectations playing in the top flight of Villita, finding himself in conversation for end-of-season awards. A locked-in starter.

CB Kevin Brandão 29 y/o Villa Arboles
The proverbial last domestic centerback standing, Kevin is a consistent presence in front of goal, though he is notably weak in set pieces on both sides of the ball. Will likely see some minutes in relief, particularly in defensive situations.

LB Ademar de Lima 25 y/o Sao Vicente
Originally a carbon copy of Branco, the left back de jure has evolved into more of a stay-at-home fullback than his counterpart, though he is no slouch going forward.

CB Emilio Couto 22 y/o Regiis Dreamland (BRO)
A big, scary centerback starting on a defensive team in Brookstation, Couto will look to earn his first cap giving relief to Medeiro and Moniz.

FB Heitor Soares 25 y/o Blackheath (TLI)
A pacey, athletic wingback not at all in the Azurean vein, Soares has nevertheless found great success in the All Parish Championship under the nom de guerre "Bandicoot" and earned his first senior team callup

FB Marcelinho Costa 26 y/o Regium Immortum (OAM)
Though he lacks the panache of his peers, years of fierce competition in Oberour Ar Moro has sculpted Costa into a tough-tackling, canny fullback who makes smart passes up field and terrorizes attackers in his own third.

Midfielders
CM Narciso Maciel 25 y/o Colonial Sile (VIL)
Along with Medeiro, one of two young Azurean players to take root in the Vilitan top tier. A composed, intelligent player with great distribution and off-ball movement. A true general to anchor the midfield.

MF Marciano Ferreira 30 y/o Sao Cristobal
Still among the fastest players on the pitch, Ferreira’s ball control and distribution have not developed the way many hoped, possibly because of his situation at Sao Cristobal, where he is expected to be the one to get the ball into the box on almost every possession.

MF Seth Rathbone 22 y/o Portelo
After playing a number of season with a chip on his shoulder, Rathbone appears to have settled into his role at Portelo, where he is an every game starter widely viewed as a future captain. In the same time, he has cemented his role as a starting winger for the national team through his consistent, creative play.

DM Marco Lobo 24 y/o Villa Silva
Like Rathbone, a young Azurean who failed to move overseas and has instead established himself at a top domestic club. A strong holding mid, and one of Paulinho's go-to defensive substitutes.

DM Vitor Rego 22 y/o Sao Vicente
A defensive-minded midfielder like Lobo, who plays as almost a third centerback for Os Pastorinhos

AM Bento Cunha 25 y/o Natal
A fast, aggressive attacker who has yet to develop beyond his physical gift but lacks the finishing to be a target forward, or really any kind of forward.\

Forwards
FW Cleto Silveira 27 y/o Eivora Athletic FC (TKT) (C)
Despite not establishing himself in Tikariot, Silveira remains a mainstay of the Azurean national team, scoring many of its crucial goals and assists. Despite this, if he has truly peaked, he may see himself moved aside in favor of the younger guns in the chute behind him.

FW Vasco Gouveia 25 y/o Khalgarh Valley United FC (TKT)
After multiple cycles being accused of glory-hunting in meaningless games, Gouveia showed up big for his country in the WC91 cycle and was rewarded with a regular starting spot.

FW Vasco Cardoso 22 y/o Mountainside (EUR)
Playing close to home and close to the ground in Eura, Cardoso has been a crucial but understated part of Whitepill's recent success in the Euran Silver League, which saw them finish just shy of promotion and the IFCF Liga B Champions' Trophy in the Eura League's season 50. His hard-nosed play has earned him a transfer to Mountainside, a Gold League team which narrowly avoided relegation while winning last season's cup.

FW Nicodemo Corte-Real 23 y/o Corn Palace (SFD)
A highly unexpected success story, Corte-Real has evolved into one of the best strikers in the Sanford league as well as an every-match starter for the Macaricas. Tall, athletic, and with excellent holdup play, his future with both club and country is bright.

FW Pio Mendonça 21 y/o Swangard Athletic (QUE)
After several promising appearances in WCQ and the Cup of Harmony, Pio was the subject of the largest transfer fee in Azurean history as he moved to the top tier of the Quebecois league

FW Estavao Fonseca 23 y/o Carathyr Emeralds (TKT)
A fan favorite among the Azurean diaspora in Tikariot, Fonseca proved his worth in his first caps with the national team in WC 91 qualifying

by **Squidroidia** » Thu Sep 22, 2022 7:11 pm

It's a new era for the Squidroidian national team. With the SNTA at the helm thanks to Fujiwara's anarchistic policies and a new manager hired to fill the shoes of the legend that was Adam Johnson, the Inklings have seemingly been farther away from their previous cycle than in previous starts to a new campaign.

Indeed, filling Adam Johnson's shoes would be no easy task, even as the Squidroidians were banging on the door of the elite national sides as a pot 1 team heading into the qualifiers. With nobody else offering themselves up, a rusty manager was suprisingly called into the hot seat by SNTA boss Itoh Hoshi - Rachel Coltfield, a Tinhamptonian who hasn't managed a team for 20 years. Many eyebrows were raised before the IAC in Drawkland and Juvencus, and some fans were seemed vindicated when the Inklings lost in the Round of 16 to Poafmersia.

Coltfield knows that this was just warmups for the big event, the one that is valued above all else - The World Cup.

Does 10 cycles of stagnation allow someone to still take a top tier team back to the Vilitan Cove?

Squidroidia Inklings

National football team for the 92nd World Cup

Manager: Rachel Coltfield
From: Tinhampton
Record: 3-1-1 (Round of 16 in IAC 16)

NOTE: All starters are highlighted in bold

Goalkeepers

Kaede Akiyama, #1, human, 28 y/o, Llewellyn Turnpike FC (CBP) goalkeeper
Wunderbar Uno, #12, human, 17 y/o, free agent goalkeeper
Arata Chiba, #21, human, 27 y/o, Midnight Soccer Club (SQR) goalkeeper

Defenders
Florianne Meeuwessen, #2, Inkling girl, 29 y/o, Weedpot FC (SQR) leftback
Baldric Bertolini, #3, Inkling boy, 28 y/o, Dalaris City (PFA)  centerback
Muto Toki, #4, human, 32 y/o, Tivali City (VIL) centerback
Herbert Byström, #14, Inkling boy, 27 y/o, Newton Pulsars (SQR) rightback
Wunderbar Dos, #15, human, 17 y/o, free agent centerback
Wunderbar Thres, #99, human, 17 y/o, free agent centerback
Tapiwa Dalgaard, #5, Inkling girl, 26 y/o, Club Factoria (SQR) leftback
Greta Ivanković, #60, Inkling girl, 21 y/o, Spartansburg City (SQR) rightback

Midfielders
Tomomi Hamasaki, #8, human, 23 y/o, Octo Valley FC (SQR) midfielder (Converted to defensive midfielder)
Wunderbar Quatro, #20, human, 17 y/o, free agent midfielder
Charlie Colbert, #7, Inkling boy, 29 y/o, Starlight SC (SQR) midfielder
Shiba Tetsuo, #10, human, 29 y/o, Inkopolis FC (SQR) attacking midfielder
Wunderbar Cinco, #13, human, 17 y/o, free agent midfielder
Henriette Brooks, #73, Inkling girl, 31 y/o, Inkopolis Wave (SQR) midfielder
Sora Iwai, #22, human, 21 y/o, FC Squidbreak (SQR) midfielder

Fowards
Makino Hideo, #11, human, 32 y/o, Makosile United (VIL) striker/attacking midfielder and captain
Sho Itō, #9, human, 29 y/o, Shamrock Cathair (AUD) right winger/right midfielder, converted to striker
Wunderbar Seis, #16, human, 17 y/o, free agent left winger
Kyou Ueno, #26, human, 29 y/o, Midnight Soccer Club (SQR) right winger
Marianne McKay, #33, Inkling girl, 23 y/o, Spartansburg City (SQR) striker

Squidroidia (SQR) home stadium
Inkopolis City Stadium, Inkopolis, 50,000 capacity

Rangers FC don't be mad at me

Inkopolis City Stadium, owned by the Squidroidian FA, is the largest stadium in Squidroidia. The venue's main tenants are the Squidroidian national football team and the club side Inkopolis FC, who enjoy high amounts of fandom in the Squidroidian Super League, the nation's top flight. The venue is host to the Squidroidian Cup final (And semi-finals on some occasions) and has also hosted Squidroidian games for all World Bowls they have participated in since XXXLX, games in the domestic lacrosse league, known as the Squidroidian Lacrosse Premier League, and hosted an FFI Liga dos Vencedores Final.

Other features of the Inkopolis City Stadium include the Squidroidian Football Hall of Fame, which highlights key moments in Squidroidian football, as well as the main offices for the Squidroidian FA.

Style Mod -  -5
RP Permissions -  I will allow the person who RPs my match before I can to: 
Choose my goalscorers -  Yes
Godmod scoring events - Please TG me beforehand
RP injuries to my players -  Yes, only minor
Godmod injuries to my players -  Yes, no career ending, please TG me beforehand
Hand out yellow cards to my players -  Yes
Hand out red cards to my players -  Yes, once or twice per match
Godmod other events -  Please TG me beforehand

by **Drawkland** » Thu Sep 22, 2022 9:11 pm

DRAWKLAND NATIONAL SOCCER TEAM
NATION INFO
Region: Sonnel
Trigramme: DRK
Leader: Iarocav
Currency: Lolad
Capital City: Metropolon
Largest City: Drawk City
TEAM INFO
Nickname: Kick Corps, Elite Eleven
Manager: none
Formation: 3-3-4
Style Mod: +4
Stadiums: See this post, more info available upon request.
THE ELITE ELEVEN
Starting Lineup
=================================================================
##   Pos   Name              Age
7    GK    Septimus Xander    ??
10   LB    Elias Keys         ??
8    CB    Nicholas Kingston  ??
16   RB    Craig Bakker       ??
22   LM    Trevor Garnet      ??
0    CM    Dominic Southers   ??
2    RM    Richard Hanson     ??
17   LF    Roger Apollo       ??
11   WF    Mike Rodney        ??
1    RF    Jaxon Madison      ??
5    CF    Ross Hunter        ??
=================================================================
PENALTY SHOOTOUT ORDER
It doesn't matter, they're all good at shooting.
Just choose 5 at random.
FIELD FORMATION
TEAM HISTORY
This is the official roster, featuring the Elite Eleven, an independent squad of Drawkians who have played all sports at a professional level for a confusingly long time. The old Kick Corps has been essentially removed, the players let go, and replaced by this squad of ridiculously skilled, annoyingly arrogant, and possibly immortal sportsmen. Nobody knows where they came from, or why DISC decided to replace the Kick Corps with them, but here they are.
Drawkian soccer, and indeed, sporting in general, is mostly offensive-minded. This is reflected in the style indicator and in the formation. Drawkian soccer has not really been exposed to outside influences, and thus may look or feel strange to those used to "normal" football. Nevertheless, the Eleven are still good at what they do, and prize in an enduring game, moving the ball around nearly constantly and keeping energy going, aiming to tire out the opposing team. Of course, Drawkians aren't humans, but you can read about that elsewhere. Despite the fact that usually soccer is a female-only sport in Drawkland, the Elite Eleven have overturned that caveat as the higher-ups deemed them a suitable replacement in the interim as the real Kick Corps hides away for a few cycles and gets their shit back together.

OVERALL RECORD: 251-100-96
WC Sanctioned: 167-64-63
Non-WCC: 84-36-33
TEAM RECORDS
First Match:                              Drawkland 3-3 Averyickan City
First Win:                 Capital District, Ward 1 4-6 Drawkland
First Loss:      Great Caledonia and North Hybernia 2-2 Drawkland (2-2 AET) [3-1 PKs]
Highest Score:             Capital District, Ward 1 4-6 Drawkland
Lowest Score:                    Drawkland 0-0 Ko-oren (0-0 AET) (1-3 pen.)
Best Win:                                 Drawkland 5-0 Sharktail
Worst Loss:                             Farfadillis 6-1 Drawkland
Most Important:                           Drawkland 2-2 Omerica (2-2 AET) [4-3 PKs]
Best End Result:                       1st Place (Independents Cup 6)
TEAM KITS
Beautifully Crafted by ediraf.
From Left to Right: Home, Away, Goalkeeper.
My opponent, if they RP first, may do the following:
Choose my Scorers:              Yes
Choose Scoring Events:          Yes
Godmod Scoring Events:          Yes
RP Injuries to my Players:      Yes
Godmod Injuries to my Players:  Yes
Yellow Card my Players:         Yes
Red Card my Players:            Yes
Godmod Other Events:            Yes
As far as these go, I'm fair game for anything. You should know what is and isn't drastic RP, and if you think your RP is on the drastic side, TG me first. But I'm still basically up for anything.
I'd like to request that injuries or cards don't do anything outside of the scope of a single game or maybe 2. Don't want anything tournament or cycle-ending. Red cards should be limited to late knockout stages, and I'd probably think that there should be no more than 2 players red carded per tournament.
The Elite Eleven are sorta oddballs. I mean, they're a group of 11 dudebros, but they're supposedly immortal or something. Keep that in mind.
Disclaimers of various sorts:
I don't know very much about soccer. If I RP something weird, it's because I have little to no experience with this sport. But whatever.
If you have any questions about anything involving me, this team, my nation, this competition, life, etc., feel free to telegram/DM me.

by **Gnejs** » Fri Sep 23, 2022 1:32 am

Qualification squad

Formation:
5-4-1

Style Modifier:
-5

Nickname:
The Dandelions

Uniforms (Supplied by Siru) - Home/Away

Home venue:
Kejm Park («The Dock»), Port Kejm. Capacity: 28 000.

Team Roster (domestic team and age):
GK: #1 Samuel Wijk (Briskeby BK, 27)
RD: #2 Stefan Grålum (Briskeby BK, 30)
RCD: #9 Simon Naess (Lokomotiv Esaias, 28)
CD: #4 David Knardal (Kejm BK, 30)
LCD: #8 August Bjørneboe (IFK Nordstiernan, 22)
LD: #11 Lennart Horndal (Allmänna Gränd IF, 21)
RM: #16 Nicolai Enger (BK Rösunda, 24)
RCM: #7 Theages Nilsson (IFK Hagen, 29)
LCM: #5 Jack Wijk (Finntorp IK, 37)
LM: #12 Didrik Nes (Kejm BK, 24)
F: #3 Phaedo Svensson (Briskeby BK, 26)
GK: #19 Henrik Ceder (IFK Nordstiernan, 30)
RD: #10 Daniel Jones (Allmänna Gränd IF, 23)
RD: #6 Lennart Svensson-Andersson (IFK Segeltorp, 24)
CD: #14 Mikael Fauster (Lokomotiv Esaias, 35)
LD: #15 Carl-Johan Hansson (IFK Hagen, 19)
LD: #17 Carl Benedictsen (Storängen IF, 19)
RM: #18 Cratylus Hansen (Kejm BK, 23)
CM: #19 Menexenus Nilsen (Welmia IF, 30)
LM: #20 Edward Drange (Briskeby BK, 24)
M: #21 Göran Drake (Lokomotiv Esaias, 28)
F: #22 Vasco Clavell (Kejm BK, 22)
F: #23 Cornelis Ceder (IFK Nordstiernan, 26)

Coach:
Bjørnstjerne Eriksen.

Standard starting line-up if you don’t feel like deciding for yourself:

My opponent, if they RP first, may do the following:
Choose my scorers: Y
Give yellow cards to my players: Y
Give red cards to my players: Y
RP injuries to my players: Y
Godmod scoring events: Y
Godmod injuries to my players: Y
Godmod other events: Y.
Style mod: -5

About the Prosaic Union
The Prosaic Union of Gnejs – commonly abbreviated PUG, colloquially called 'The Union', often nicknamed 'The Rock' – is a country located in the far north-east of Rushmore. A constant source of bewilderment for many, the name Gnejs comes from the native word for the type of metamorphic rock called gneiss in English and German. The root of the word is believed to derive from the High German gneist, meaning roughly 'spark', the link being that the rock glitters. Gneiss is a common rock type across the territory making up the modern-day nation, and has historically been a readily used building material component.

A vast and sparsely populated land, The Union covers about 1 220 000 square kilometres and has a population of just under 16 million. It is divided into four big regions – Berg (north), Birka (east), Ängby (west) and Vika (south) – which in turn are divided into counties and municipalities. The Interior compromises an immense area of more or less untouched wilderness at the heart of the country's inland and covers parts of all four regions.

The capital city is called Port Kejm – located on the coast in the region Birka – and is home to Kejm Park stadium (nicknamed «The Dock») where all home qualification games will be played.

The people, languages
People in general are quiet and reserved. While idle small talk without purpose amongst strangers might be considered appropriate and expected some places, in The Union it is usually frowned upon and considered bothersome. Most people will be polite and friendly, and you will have no trouble getting assistance and answers to any queries you might have. Just don't expect unnecessary chitchat.

The native tongue is called 'Gnejsian' (native: gnejsiska) and has a long and rich history. There's an abundance of regional dialects, some so distinct from others that many have suggested they really constitute different – albeit strongly related – languages. It is common to divide the many dialects into three different 'families', north-eastern (OOC: Norwegian), western (OOC: Swedish) and southron (OOC: Danish). Children learn English (known in The Union as 'the common tongue') from the age of five, and the population at large is generally considered to be fluent.

by **Sevendia** » Fri Sep 23, 2022 2:23 am

Sevendian roster for WCQ92

What is a Sevendia?
Good question. Sevendia is a small, seven shaped country in Sonnel. At about 777,777 inhabitants, it isn’t a big or relevant nation. Sevendia rarely joins international sports, possibly because international sports don’t involve enough sevens to their liking. Everything is 7 in Sevendia. This is not an over exaggeration.

Roster:

Coaching staff:
Seven-Seven Seventy-Seven (49)
The coach with the admittedly non-ideal name is responsible for all of the team. There are no other coaches. Due to the complexity of his name, he is mostly referenced as “91”. He is also the father of Sejal-Seven, the team’s shortstop. He previously got the team to 14 wins in WBC50, 13 wins in WBC52, 9 more in WBC53, and got the football team to 3rd place at the 7NC2, and the Sevens team to the final of the Bowl of the 6th Rugby Sevens World Cup, he managed to win an IAC16 group, and probably more stuff I've forgotten. Yes, he coaches those teams as well.

Starting formation:

GK #7 Sebastian-Seven Proven
He is a reasonably decent goalkeeper. Like, not really good, but okay, I guess. Has a weird habit to stand 7 meters away from the goal when the team has the ball.

CB #7 Severin-Seven Sjeven
He is the best defender in the formation, which probably isn’t a surprise there, but oh well. Gets overwhelmed sometimes, not actually really good.

DM #7 Seattle-Seven Badven
Badven is literally the worst player in the team. Like, by far. He is so bad. Probably wont even hit the ball if he tried, he couldn’t hit the ocean if he fell of a boat.

CM #7 Seth-Seven Joudlven
He is definitely better than Bedven, but also really bad. Counters are a big weakness for Sevendia. Certainly, the formation has nothing to do with that.

RM #7 Serge-Seven Fomeven
Serge is actually somewhat okay at football. Not good, of course, but he occasionally actually gets a good pass in or something.

RW #7 Selleck-Seven Loveveven
This guy does not, meanwhile. Another one of the guys where no one knows how they even made the roster. Just no.

SS #7 Sergey-Seven Vanven
He’s sorta okay. Like, he isn’t good or anything, but in the context of the team, he gets the job done.

SS #7 Seton-Seven Heaven
Heaven may be the second best player in the team, as he actually might score some goals or get a pass in. One of the worst team players tho, almost never passes.

SS #7 Sean-Seven Raven
This guy’s the best player of the squad. He can actually play some football, and will probably shoulder most of the scoring. How he learned how to play, we’ve got no idea.

SS #7 Selby-Seven Braven
Braven is okay I guess. Like all of the players, he can use his height occasionally, but meh.

LW #7 Severus-Seven Magicven
Not a good player either. The way he misses on chances is almost out of this world.

Bench:
GK #7 Sevan-Seven Jeven
UT #7 Septimus-Seven Draven
UT #7 Seryoszha-Seven Even
UT #7 Selwin-Seven Sighven

If you want to have any Sevendian players for your domestic teams (yikes), they are all available at request (but why would you want that).

Things you probably should know

All (adult) people in Sevendia are seven foot. Always.
In every sentence, people currently being in Sevendia are required by law to use all the letters of the word seven (e, n, s, v) in every sentence they say.
The answer is always seven. The question is also always seven.
Everything that could theoretically be seven-shaped is seven-shaped.
Everything that can’t be seven-shaped is also seven-shaped.
All objects are required to have a 7 on them, including everything.
Seven.

Good luck, and I’m sorry.

by **Hapilopper** » Fri Sep 23, 2022 3:01 pm

TEAM HAPILOPPER ROSTER, THE TL;DR VERSION:
Typical starters:
#1 - Billy Solomon - GK - Kicks Left
#2 - Lewis Pryor - DEF - Kicks Right
#3 - Ace Boone - DEF - Kicks Right
#4 - Jerold Dickman - DEF - Kicks Left
#5 - Ashley Stanford - DEF - Kicks Right
#6 - Maverick King - MID - Kicks Left
#7 - James Huddleston - MID - Kicks Right
#8 - Parker Mathis - MID - Kicks Left
#9 - Herb Northrop - MID - Kicks Left
#10 - Peter Robson - FWD - Kicks Right
#11 - Toby Bryson - FWD - Kicks Left

Most Likely to:
Score Goals: Bryson, Robson, Northrop, Mathis
Take Set-Pieces: Robson, Mathis, Huddleston
Get into Card Trouble: Dickman, Stanford, King, Mathis, Pryor
Cheap shot someone: Dickman, Stanford
End up on a police blotter: Stanford

TEAM HAPILOPPER
Full Nation Name: The Dominion of Hapilopper
Trigramme: HAP
Nickname: The Haps
Team Colors: Blue, Green and White

Info:
Team Hapilopper, it seems, is going from strength to strength. The team, having qualified for its second-consecutive World Cup proper, is now ranked the highest it has ever been, at 28th. The national team of the Dominion of Hapilopper has changed its goals from "don't be a complete embarassment" to "let's try to qualify for a World Cup" to "let's win World Cup matches, like, you know, in the proper." But all is not well with the team. Nathan Ellis, the last of the original team players, still has his left leg in a cast after destroying his knee in a non-contact injury during the third match of the last World Cup group stage, in a match against Ko-oren. Ellis will be on the sideline this year, coaching his team along the way.

Style Mod: +5

My opponent, if they RP first, may do the following:
Choose my goalscorers: Yes
Godmod scoring events: TG me first, or ping me on the NS Sports Discord, and we'll talk about it
RP injuries to my players: Yes, but TG me if you want to do something serious
Godmod injuries to my players: TG me first, or ping me on the NS Sports Discord, and we'll talk about it
Hand out yellow cards to my players: Yes
Hand out red cards to my players: TG me first, or ping me on the NS Sports Discord, and we'll talk about it
Godmod other events: Yes, but TG me first
RP Coronavirus-related events: No. A RL pandemic does not exist in Hapilopper and Hapiloppians do not have it.

COACHING STAFF:
HEAD COACH: Thom Perkins
ASSISTANT COACH: Nathan Ellis
ASSISTANT MANAGER: Myrone Rhule
GOALKEEPING COACH: Willy Stone
TRAINER: Marc James
TECHNICAL DIRECTOR: Jim McNeil
PHYSIO: Russ Oliver

Stadium:
Capital Stadium, Hapilopper City, Hapilopper
Built: 1970 | Seating Capacity: 66,025 | Open-Air | Artificial Turf

(Pictured: Capital Stadium in gridiron configuration)
Capital Stadium, Hapilopper's de facto national stadium, is the last of Hapilopper's classic cookie-cutter venues, used for a variety of applications, including the Hapilopper City Nationals baseball team, the Hapilopper National Baseball Team and is the home of Team Hapilopper. As is custom with cookie-cutter stadiums, the park is completely symmetrical and is surrounded by multiple decks of stands, typically filled with screaming fans when the home team is doing well. Back in the 1970s, the HC Nationals, and their vaunted "National Machine" dominated Hapiloppian baseball, and brought over four million fans through the turnstiles on six occasions. Hapiloppian fans have vowed to come to Capital Stadium in force for Team Hapilopper games. Typically, Hapiloppian fans, including the members of the "Traveling Thrashers" supporters group are among the wildest fans in sport, and promise to be exactly that for the World Cup. Expect to see fans dancing along to 1970s funk music, slamming drums as loudly as possible, waving their flags, and throwing streamers for every Hapiloppian goal.

Uniforms:

On the top row, on left, is Team Hapilopper's normal kit, to be worn at most matches. On the right is Team Hapilopper's alternate jersey, to be worn against opponents TBD.
On the bottom row is the kit to be worn by Team Hapilopper goalkeepers.

THE PLAYERS:
STARTING PLAYERS:

#1 - BILLY SOLOMON | Goalkeeper | Age: 26 | Kicks: Left | twii.tur: @billy_solomon | Club: Austin City (Xanneria)
Style of Play: Sweeper Keeper | Speed: Slow | Physicality: Low | Attitude: Relaxed
Billy Solomon, the starting keeper for Team Hapilopper, has transformed a bit since being dealt to Xannerian club side Austin City. In the past, he was a nervous, almost neurotic ball player, someone who was almost insufferable in the clubhouse for being about as nervous as could be. But these days, Billy has relaxed himself through a variety of methods. He can be seen almost meditating in his locker, listening to calming, relaxing music as he prepares to go out and play some ball, and he plays ball well. Before being dealt to Austin City, Billy registered an average of one goal allowed per 120 minutes of play. That's good.

#2 - LEWIS PRYOR | Defenseman/Left Wingback | Age: 25 | Kicks: Right | twii.tur: @pryor60 | Club: The Soldiers of Hap City
Style of Play: Zone Defense | Speed: Fast | Physicality: Heavy | Attitude: Professional
The popular way to describe Soldiers defenseman Lewis Pryor is "a piece of shit with a heart of gold." Almost sounds like some certain ballplayers we're familiar with, but Lewis Pryor does not start riots, he's never been seen in the midst of a barfight, and he certainly doesn't have a history of clotheslining Vdaran strikers. But what Lewis does is play physical, does not hesitate to get himself into card trouble, and when he does, he gives back ot the community. Lewis's "Cards For Good" program has raised over $120,000 for the Kensington Children's Hospital in Hapilopper City since he started it a few years ago. It is a program where he donates $5,000 for each yellow card and $10,000 for each red card to a local children's hospital, in an effort to give back to the community.

#3 - ACE BOONE | Defenseman/Right Wingback | Age: 27 | Kicks: Right | twii.tur: (none) | Club: Colonial Sile (Vilita)
Style of Play: Man-To-Man | Speed: Medium-Fast | Physicality: Moderate | Attitude: Antisocial
There are stories across the Hapiloppian Football Association about Ace Boone's legendary trash talk. Many of them are true and have been confirmed by Ace in interviews - stories such as the time Ace jogged past United Hampton Cities striker Todd Russell, at the time on a goal-scoring streak, that he "should just sit yourself today, because you can't beat this!" And that goal-scoring streak ended that day. Or perhaps the time he angered then-player coach Nathan Ellis by telling him that he was a better defenseman than Nathan could ever hope to be. Nathan wanted to punch his lights out, but wound up respecting him for showing that kind of courage to look him in the eye and actually tell him that. Since the last World Cup, Ace has started taking online requests to roast fans in video messages on the "Hey There!" service. At $15 a pop, Ace has made a very substantial amount of money in doing this.

#4 - JEROLD DICKMAN | Defenseman/Defensive Sweeper | Age: 23 | Kicks: Left | twii.tur: @JerryDMan | Club: KT Itzalovalle (Audioslavia)
Style of Play: Zone Defense | Speed: Fast | Physicality: Oh Hell Yes | Attitude: Asshole
There's something about Jerold Dickman that Hapiloppian fans love, and something about Jerold Dickman that Hapiloppian fans simply can't stand. One one hand, he "brings the heat" on the defensive side of the pitch, playing a delightfully physical style of football that can stop goals and stop an offensive stand dead in its tracks. On the other hand, though, there's still that old Jerold Dickman still in him, the same Jerold Dickman that set off a bench-clearing brawl in the Sporting World Cup. Without Nathan Ellis to keep him on the straight and narrow, there have been rumors of Dickman acting up, such as an incident at a bar outside of Hapilopper City, where Dickman reportedly beat the crap out of a wisecracking fan who made jokes about his name. Team Hapilopper staff is concerned about this sort of behavior.

#5 - ASHLEY STANFORD | Defenseman | Age: 25 | Kicks: Right | twii.tur: @stanford-the-kicker | Club: Border City United
Style of Play: Zone Defense | Speed: Fast | Physicality: Oh Hell Yeah | Attitude: Ruthless
There's a funny thing about Ashley Stanford. And that funny thing is, she'll stick by you if you stick by you. But if you wrong her in any way - such as an ex-boyfriend who cheated on her, or the vending machine at the Team Hapilopper headquarters that ate her dollar, she'll bite back with the fury of a thousand suns. The boyfriend, who dated Ashley in high school, refuses to talk about it to this day and even drops into intense fits of crying even thinking about it. The other girl's whereabouts are unknown. Dom Probst read Ashley the riot act after finding the vending machine in pieces in the break room, candy and snacks everywhere and inexplicably, a large part of the vending machine on fire. And that's the attitude Ashley takes into a football match. If she feels like someone screws with her, they're going to wish they hadn't gotten out of bed that morning.

#6 - THE MAVERICK KING | Midfielder | Age: 25 | Kicks: Left | twii.tur: @MavKing | Club: United Hampton Cities
Style of Play: Defensive | Speed: Medium | Physicality: Heavy | Attitude: Professional
The self-prescribed leader of the Team Hapilopper midfield, The Maverick King takes his assignment as a defensive midfielder very seriously. He'll go out there, troll the back part of the midfield with a crusader's zeal and prepare to stop any offensive effort that gets past the defensemen. And without thinking about it, or making a big show of it like Ashley Stanford or Jerold Dickman, The Maverick King will drop the hammer on an opposing player without thinking about it. But that's not what Hapiloppian fans are talking about. They're talking about how pretentious he has become. Like a famous university with an extremely high sense of self-importance, The Maverick King has insisted on not being known as "Maverick King" - which, by the way, is his real name, but rather "The Maverick King," even going so far as to tell off a reporter who didn't use the word "The" in the name. The Maverick King explained he does this to rub it in the face of bullies he had to deal with as a kid, who laughed at his name and called him a "fat chump" instead.

#7 - JAMES HUDDLESTON | Midfielder | Age: 26 | Kicks: Right | twii.tur: (none) | Club: FC Buckridge
Style of Play: Defensive | Speed: Fast | Physicality: Moderate | Attitude: Determined
James Huddleston, known more as "Jimmy" these days, especially among his teammates, has developed himself into a prominent midfielder within the Hapiloppian system and with FC Buckridge. He can serve as a good dual threat either on offense or defense. But he's strangely known, more than anything else, for what he listens to in his spare time. You see, Huddleston is the son of Greg Huddleston, the long-time chief announcer for the HASCAR Radio Network, and Jimmy loves listening to old radio broadcasts of HASCAR and NSSCRA races. To each their own, I guess. He's not all that interesting of a character. He doesn't demolish vending machines nor does he break into elaborate dance moves. All he does is his job and listens to his old radio racing broadcasts.

#8 - PARKER MATHIS | Midfielder | Age: 22 | Kicks: Left | twii.tur: @HAPFirstDude | Club: Lakiska SC (Banija)
Style of Play: Offensive | Speed: Fast | Physicality: Heavy | Attitude: Superstar
It's time to dance. Parker Mathis loves to dance. After each goal he scores, Parker, the son of Hapiloppian President William Mathis, breaks into an elaborate dance move and a theme song that, for some reason, has a really, really funky beat to it. That dance, known as the "Funky Parker," and theme song became viral among Hapiloppian fans, and a number of schools saw fit to ban the dance after kids started spontaneously doing the dance at lunch. A video, which went viral on twii.tur, saw kids jumping onto cafeteria tables and doing the "Funky Parker." And last year, Parker did the "Funky Parker" eleven times during the World Cup 91 season, between qualifiers and the World Cup proper. It's almost as if it has totally distracted from the fact that Parker is, indeed, the son of the President of Hapilopper.

#9 - HERB NORTHROP | Midfielder | Age: 25 | Kicks: Left | twii.tur: @herb_northrop | Club: FC Buckridge
Style of Play: Offensive | Speed: Medium-Fast | Physicality: Normal | Attitude: Professional
Herbert Northrop, one of many, many players from Hapilopper's infamous Sporting World Cup teams, is one of the most spiritual members of a Hapiloppian football team that has existed. A graduate of Southland Christian Academy in Buckridge, Northrop makes sure to say a prayer before he hits the pitch, and when he scores a goal, he drops to one knee and says a prayer to the Good Lord Above for allowing him to score a goal. You won't see Northrop pulling off cheap shots like Jerold Dickman, and you won't see him attempting to end someone's career (or life) like Ashley Stanford. That's not what he does. Instead, he tries to play as professionally as he can, as cleanly as he can, as effectively as he can. And his style is quite effective, leading the Hapiloppian League in midfielder goals last year with 14.

#10 - PETER ROBSON | Forward | Age: 25 | Kicks: Right | twii.tur: @PeteRobson | Club: FC Surrey
Style of Play: Creative | Speed: Fast | Physicality: Low | Attitude: Professional
In this corner, we have discussed how Peter Robson has his time for having fun and his time for going to work. We have also discussed how Hapiloppian coaches appreciate that he can separate work from fun and not let the politics bother him. But have we mentioned before his involvement with "The Asskickers," the famous Surrey party group? And did we mention how Peter and the now-retired Fernie Fairburn interrupted a local news show with their own brand of foolishness, which involved silly string, whipped cream and a variety of food items being flung through the air and all over a local Conservative member of the Hapiloppian Parliament. It was a stunt that turned this serious news program into a hilarious romp, and hilariously had the Conservative member running after Peter, figuring this was a Liberal stunt. It was an incident that, if we really have to say it, became viral on social media. A lawsuit is pending.

#11 - TOBY BRYSON | Forward | Age: 24 | Kicks: Left | twii.tur: @tobyb90 | Club: The Soldiers of Hapilopper City
Style of Play: Straightforward | Speed: Fast | Physicality: Low | Attitude: Relaxed
There have been critics about Toby Bryson's style of play, and we feel like the reasons for those critiques are pretty straightforward. There is a school of thought among Hapiloppian football observers that believe that a Hapiloppian goal scorer should be the most exciting player on the team, a disciple of the Ernie Stevenson school of thought. A Hapiloppian goal scorer, critics reason, should be capable of pulling off acrobatic moves, becoming a human highlight reel full of unbelievable plays, like Ernie Stevenson's infamous "hop-skip-holy shit" that made him a household name in Nephara. Toby Bryson, on the other hand, is comparatively bland. He goes in, doesn't worry about style points, and scores goals. And coaches love that. They love his complete lack of tolerance for bullshit. Toby reasons, after all, that he's Toby Bryson, not Ernie Stevenson, and he's quite good at scoring goals.

RESERVES:

#12 - MORRIS JAMISON | Forward | Age: 24 | Kicks: Right | twii.tur: @jamisonmo | Club: Hap City Highway Patrol
Style of Play: Scrappy | Speed: Fast | Physicality: High | Attitude: Antisocial
Now, imagine for a second, you feel like you're one of the best strikers in all of Hapiloppian football. You're famous for being out until five in the morning trying to perfect your goalscoring, your routes, your tricks. You know that, if you just had a shot at starting, you could go out there and prove to your coaches that you could, in fact, hang three on the best of them, whether they're one of the top-flight nations such as Pemecutan or the Holy Empire, or one of the nations that nobody has really heard of. But Pete Robson and Toby Bryson are in your way. It's not as if you can tell Thom Perkins to go to a 3-4-3, because Thom hates that formation. So imagine how frustrated Morris "The Benchwarmer" Jamison has to be right now. He just wants a chance and he doesn't have it yet.

#13 - ELIAS MOON | Forward | Age: 24 | Kicks: Right | twii.tur: @eliasmoon | Club: Rammsissil (Vilita)
Style of Play: Creative | Speed: Medium | Physicality: Low | Attitude: Creative
On the other hand, Elias Moon is just happy to be here. Since barely making the SWC squad a few years ago, Moon has made a living on trying out as many trick shots on goal as he can. He wants to be just like Ernie Stevenson, although without the other parts of Ernie Stevenson. In other words, he's a trick-shot artist and that's it. His videos of trick shots have gone viral on social media, like, most recently, a goal scored from the back of a moving minivan circling around the pitch of Capital Stadium, a stunt that impressed both Hapiloppian fans and angered the Hapilopper National Baseball Team after it led to some damage to the artificial turf at the stadium. His skill has led him to be signed by Rammsissil, a Vilitan squad.

#20 - KERRY SPALDING | Midfielder | Age: 25 | Mental Age: 6 | Kicks: Right | twii.tur: @k-spalding | Club: Raceway FC
Style of Play: Offensive | Speed: Fast | Physicality: Rough | Attitude: Moron
We'll just come clean right now - this is one of our favorite roster bios to write. Because Kerry Spalding, offensive midfielder for Raceway Football Club, has given us so many things to work with. For instance, Kerry was recently banned from the Buckridge Oaks Country Club after going joyriding in the club's golf carts. According to news reports, those joyrides left one golf cart in a nearby stream, while another golf cart sent a tree crashing down onto a tree on the sixth hole fairway, and another golf cart was reportedly trashed after Kerry tested to see if fireworks could give it a little extra power. It didn't. We're still advocating for that TJUN-ian idiot Derrick Carlisle to put Kerry on MemeWatch, because he might have been built for it.

#21 - LEYTON HUMPHREY | Midfielder | Age: 19 | Kicks: Left | twii.tur: @LeyHumph | Club: Hap City Highway Patrol
Style of Play: Defensive | Speed: Medium-Fast | Physicality: Heavy | Attitude: Redneck
What happens when a national team gets sick and tired of a diva who rides the bench? And then what happens when they spot some tobacco-chewing hillbilly physically removing a player from the ball, then leaving the local media in stitches with his hilarious post-match press conferences, comparing opposing players to hogs he had wrangled back at his farm? What happens is Nathan Ellis requests a meeting with that hillbilly, and after getting all the tobacco juice out of that vase in the corner of his office, he calls Piers Adcock to tell him to clean out his locker and to go take a long walk off a short plank. As much of a prick as Piers Adcock is, Leyton Humphrey is not, and while he needs to control his tobacco spit, Team Hapilopper would rather take that than an ultra-self-important diva like Piers Adcock. Supposedly a "Leyton-to-English" dictionary is being prepared by a teammate.

#22 - RUFUS HARTLEY | Midfielder | Age: 24 | Kicks: Left | twii.tur: @r-p-hartley | Club: DD Porto Nowi (Zeta Reka)
Style of Play: Offensive | Speed: Fast | Physicality: He's named Rufus, what do you expect | Attitude: Brawler
Just so you know, Rufus Parnell Hartley is a nice guy. He'll be the first donating at church. He tips well at restaurants. He helps at the soup kitchen if needed. But on the field, he's one of those guys that will get into a brawl on the pitch if someone wrongs him. He'll drop a player with the kind of tackle that makes Nathan Ellis wish he had pulled that on Alexis Fotellis. But he'll also score goals if needed, and is most likely quite a threat for DD Porto Nowi out in Zeta Reka. He'll be a dominating presence on the offensive side of the pitch, making other players bend to his will, by force if need be. Away from the pitch, Hartley's family owns dozens of Jane's Diner franchises all around the Pinkerton area, to the point where some have called Hartley "the heir to the all-night diner". And trust us, Rufus knows how to make some of the best hashbrowns and scrambled eggs in all the Dominion.

#23 - ORAL ROUNDTREE | Midfielder | Age: 24 | Kicks: Right | twii.tur: @roundtree25 | Club: Mliona-Lpaka (Turori)
Style of Play: Hybrid | Speed: Medium | Physicality: Moderate | Attitude: Professional
So imagine going through life with the name "Oral." Poor Oral's parents had nine months and they came up with Oral. His classmates had a field day with that name. That was, until he started playing football. There's a story that goes around Michael Bell High in North Hampton about how a student in a physical education class had spent the entire day getting on Oral's case about his name, with all of THOSE jokes. Once they got onto the soccer pitch, that student stopped making those jokes. Oral had nutmegged him and made him look like a complete idiot. And that's what he does. He doesn't let the jokes bother him, he just gets the job done and turns the jokers into the jokes like he's always done. These days, he plays for Mliona-Lpaka, a side in Turori, and there he hopes the Turorians won't put two and two together with his name.

#24 - WILLIAM ALTENBERRY | Midfielder | Age: 25 | Kicks: Right | twii.tur: @William_Altenberry | Club: Pinkerton City SC
Style of Play: Offensive | Speed: Fast | Physicality: Heavy | Attitude: Friendly
You know what sucks about William Altenberry? It's the fact that he is a solid ballplayer. He is quite the threat in the midfield, and can turn a bad situation for any team he plays for into a good one. And a couple of years ago, he was a steady starter for the team. But Parker Mathis was better, at least in the eyes of the Team Hapilopper staff. And it was on the way to the bench for William Altenberry, whose biggest crime was he wasn't as attractive as the son of the Hapiloppian President. But he took it in stride and never said anything bad about it. Altenberry is a Pinkerton lifer, and has made mention that he will rather retire than take a transfer out of the city. He is heavily involved with his church and with new wife Katie, he intends to build a family there.

#30 - FABIAN TRELOAR | Defenseman | Age: 24 | Kicks: Right | twii.tur: @treloar | Club: Pinkerton City SC
Style of Play: Zone Defense | Speed: Medium | Physicality: Holy shit, someone calm him down | Attitude: Friendly
The biggest complaint about Fabian Treloar, aside from that ugly black mullet, the fat and the strange odor about him, was the fact that he just didn't get physical enough out there on the pitch - especially not on the level that Hapiloppian fans and observers expect. That all changed one afternoon as Pinkerton took on Soldiers. Maybe Fabian figured Nathan Ellis was watching - which he was. Maybe he figured it was a nationally-televised showcase match - which it was. But in that game, Fabian showed everyone the physicality that everyone had been looking for, when he shoulder-blocked Soldiers striker - and Team Hapilopper teammate - Toby Bryson right in the face. It kept Soldiers from scoring, led to a fight, and got Nathan laughing for the next three days about how "you give any old schmuck a platform and they'll whack the shit out of you."

#31 - QUINTIN MONTAGUE | Defenseman | Age: 24 | Kicks: Right | twii.tur: @q-mont18 | Club: Garvinson Trojans
Style of Play: Man-To-Man | Speed: Fast | Physicality: Moderate | Attitude: Professional
Here's a reader. Quintin Montague is one of the biggest readers in Hapiloppian sport. He'll read anything. He'll read an offensive effort. He'll read the Garvinson Picayune. He'll read the lips of a fan in the 17th row. He'll read all the latest popular novels released in Hapilopper. He'll try to read a midfielder's mind as they're racing down the pitch. And he'll read the playbooks ad nauseam. That's a good attitude to have, and it's a good trait. But what Montague doesn't have is that killer instinct to be a regular starter, at least, not yet. He's been psyched out by opposing players a little too much for Team Hapilopper's liking. Members of the coaching staff are working on this, though. How they're working on it, well, watch this space. It might involve Nathan Ellis and some drill sergeant tactics, which sounds a little frightening on its face.

#32 - RUSSELL BEAVIS | Defenseman | Age: 20 | Kicks: Right | twii.tur: @russ-beavis | Club: Raceway FC
Style of Play: Man-To-Man | Speed: Fast | Physicality: Heavy | Attitude: Professional
The surprise of the last Hapilopper Football Association season, Russell Beavis came out of nowhere to become one of Hapilopper's finest defensemen, and wound up taking, to the surprise of everyone, the final spot on the Team Hapilopper roster, a spot that opened up following Nathan Ellis's serious knee injury and subsequent retirement. Away from the pitch, Beavis, as people call him, is known as a conniseur of Hapiloppian craft beers, which shouldn't be surprising as his family is in the beer business. His father, Benjamin, and his uncles, Theodore and Larry, operate Beavis Brothers Brewing in Buckridge, a place known for their wonderful sour beers.

#33 - LEVI BATESON | Defenseman | Age: 23 | Kicks: Left | twii.tur: @levi_bateson | Club: West Hampton Sports Club
Style of Play: Man-To-Man | Speed: Medium | Physicality: Sufficient | Attitude: Relaxed
Known more for his prowess on the saxophone than his prowess on the pitch, Levi Bateson nevertheless gets by with his play for the West Hampton Sports Club, which, before you get any ideas, is more than enough to stop an offensive effort if need be. Some suggest that Bateson's style of play is a throwback to the pre-World Cup days, when Hapiloppian footballers would play a more relaxed style of football. That's not a compliment. It's removed from the hair-on-fire, balls-to-the-wall style of play that has developed since Hapilopper started playing international football. Either way, he's still good at it, good enough to make the national team. As for his saxophone prowess, it's magnificent. Bateson plays for a band that tours across the Hampton Cities, and his saxophone solos are among the most popular parts of their concerts. Rumors exist of Levi, for some reason, trying to serenade Ashley Stanford, leading to one of his saxophones splattered against a locker.

#60 - KENNY SHELLEY | Goalkeeper | Age: 24 | Kicks: Right | twii.tur: (none) | Club: Daedonggang 3.26 (Quebec and Shingoryeo)
Style of Play: Roving Keeper | Speed: Medium | Physicality: Low | Attitude: Excitable
Kenny Shelley will be the first to tell you that he's not expecting much in the way of playing time. He's a servicable keeper for Quebecois side Daedonggang 3.26, but good enough to get an assignment on the national team. Many suggest that his best days are well ahead of him, as with most of the Hapiloppian team. Could he be another Cooter Harris? It's hard to say. At least he has the persona down pat. Shelley drives a 1986 Major pick-up truck, a truck he's had since high school. He's carried everything from lumber to dirt to his girlfriend in the back of that truck, and it's likely he loves that truck more than life itself.

#90 - DUKE STAMP | Goalkeeper | Age: 23 | Kicks: Left | twii.tur: @stamperHAP | Club: Cednia Beach AFC (Turori)
Style of Play: Traditional | Speed: Slow | Physicality: Low | Attitude: Moron
Best thing we can say is that this corner loves Duke Stamp. Not because he's a great ballplayer - and he may as well be. But he's one of a discouragingly-large number of Hapiloppian sports figures that likes to do stupid things on a regular basis. For instance, someone put it in his head that a theory of automotive buoyancy existed. So he tested it out on a brand new car. That didn't work. Then someone put it in his head that he could play better as a keeper if he tripled his caffeine intake and gained extra focus. Instead, he just went hyper, stuck his kit over his head and started yelling gibberish out there at goal. Thom Perkins nearly threw him off the team for this, but both Nathan Ellis and Myrone Rhule decided that hyper-Duke could work to their advantage, not to their disadvantage.

TYPICAL LINEUP AND SUBS:

by **Nephara** » Fri Sep 23, 2022 7:47 pm

NEPHARA
World Ranking: 11th, ish
Preferred Formation: 4-4-2
Secondary Formation: 4-3-3
Style Modifier: -1
Home Stadium: The Farham Arena in Sabrefell is reserved for the biggest games, but Nephara is a large enough country that it spreads its matches across the nation.
Kit Supplier: Kirola
Nickname: The Cormorants

Nephara have won the World Cup--

oh, hold up

A Nephar has won the World Cup! But, carelessly, she did it without bringing the Cormorants along. Well, if you can't beat 'em - indeed, Nephara was one step on Cantor's road, and lost to Graintfjall again in the CR for good measure - make 'em join you, with an abysmal Eagles' Cup run and two wins in the Cormorants' last twelve the catalyst for pulling the trigger on Koeller, who otherwise stabilised the team well. So now the hype train is somewhere in the supersonic ranges of motion, which is probably not conducive to the atmosphere. But hey, such is part and parcel for the Cormorants. And this is without even getting into Vivimania...

Overall Record
648 wins - 127 draws - 153 losses
2165 scored - 1109 conceded

Trophies
Baptism of Fire 51
Cup of Harmony 61
World Cups 74 and 87
Eagle's Cup 5
4 Cope Rushmori - 30, 35, 36, 37
5 Campionati Esportiva - 6, 8, 10, 15 and 18
Only the second nation in history to achieve the 'Triple Crown' of WCC titles - represented by three stars on the crest.
The most major silverware of any nation in history.
Second in footballing ability only to 6PupperFunnerRunnies.

I Give My Opponent Permission To:
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Choose My Goalscorers:        Y*
Godmod Goalscoring Events:    N
Injure Players:               Y**
Godmod Injury Events:         N
Red Card Players:             Y***
Yellow Card Players:          Y
Godmod Other Events:          N
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* Kvasina takes set pieces and penalties.
** I'll have the final say on how long the player will be out, but feel free to make them look severe as you want.
*** One per match.

Tactics

Nepharan football is based around playing hard, pressing aggressively, playing for keeps. Occasionally this leaves gaps behind the high defensive line, though most Nepharan goalkeepers are in the sweeping mould these days to compensate. Marchers are, by and large, a physically imposing folk, and eager to throw their size around. The footballing culture is intensely competitive, and those that survive to make their way to the top are hellbent on winning at any cost. Elbows to the face. Subtle digs in the ribs. Diving is dishonest when opponents do it but streetwise when Nepharim do it. In short, Nephara are the bully from two years above who picked you, specifically, out as a natural target.

That is often the foreign perspective, but it overlooks a key fact; Nepharan football can honestly be beautiful to watch. Generations of players brought up on dry plains or asphalt play the ball quickly and fearlessly along the ground, never sideways when there's a forward option open, always looking to stretch and probe and stay one really good pass away from a goal. Nepharim are undoubtedly physical, even cynical, but their success has been built off the backs of ruthless, fast-paced passing football.

Cantor did not enjoy success with her preferred 4-4-2, but a switch to 4-2-3-1 proved very effective late in qualifying, turning the Cormorants' results around at the decisive moment. Their formation is fairly rigid and disciplined, with plenty of strength all across the pitch, particularly in the forms of Southsea ahead of Scales and Clevinger in the heart of defence, as well as the bustling Swainsona, playing an active, roving role behind Vetiver.

Common Substitutes
If their attacking approach isn't working, then the most clear switches of approach are to take off Swainsona and bring on either the silky playmaker Kvasina, or, as a 'break glass in case of emergencies' option, the veteran Latona Basilisk to partner Vetiver up front. Vetiver will never be taken off the field if Nephara need a goal.
March will frequently be replaced in midfield by the more physical Tasha Sauber; if booked or beaten for pace, Southsea may be replaced by the younger, raw-boned but less technical Rosziter.
When Nephara lead, Kestrel Anharbour will often be brought on as a more direct alternative to Brewer to try and exploit the counterattack.
The fullbacks have to do a lot of work, and Cantor will frequently substitute on Xu or Meadows just as a fresh set of legs late in the game.

The Godhead
For home matches, and during international tournaments, Nephara wheels out the 'Godhead', a giant boulder with an eerie resemblance to Gethin Ramsey, first manager of the Cormorants in the modern era and by now long dead. Nepharim have a superstitious streak, and while nobody's saying it is, in fact, the mystic reincarnation of their most iconic leader, nobody's quite not saying it, either. The Godhead is traditionally 'walked' to the stadium by Nepharan ultras using an intricate series of ropes, and often a flare is wedged into its 'mouth' to simulate a smoking cigar.

Staff
Manager - Igrene Cantor - Age 51
Assistant Manager - Valery Cain - Age 55
One of the few people to have won the World Cup as both a player and a manager, Igrene Cantor excels at building chemistry and a true, tight-knit unit, squeezing the absolute most out of the parts available to her. An absolute dream to a Nephara side that can often be less than the sum of its parts. Cantor thinks of each player in terms of what they bring to the complete picture, not just as a rating out of a hundred; she won't just pick the best eleven players, but a coherent, fully functioning squad that would die for each other on the pitch. Cain is an odd choice of assistant manager, a journeyman manager across Nephara's pyramid, yet somehow Cantor clearly sees a kindred spirit.

Goalkeepers
Core
1 - GK - Aranea Provost (

Spartangrad) - Age 34 - 140 caps, 65 clean sheets
WC87 Champion
Many are tipped for the top, but Provost made it. A brilliant, spry goalkeeper, excelling in all aspects of the game but especially capable of magnificent, balletic saves, flicking balls around the post with iron wrists when they seemed impossible to reach. It's a good thing she's as skilled as she is, because her abrasive, fey personality stopped being cute in the Cormorants camp long ago.

12 - GK - Medusa Strand (

Chromatik) - Age 26 - 21 caps, 10 clean sheets
A steady, focused personality, or perhaps no personality at all. Strand is a superb shot-stopper who did not let a few errors early in her career get her down, and the dividends have paid off. Her decisiveness coming off her line, command of her area and ability to sweep behind the defensive line have made her Cantor's preferred goalkeeper.

20 - GK - Toxothea Sebring (

Crisisbless) - Age 25 - 9 caps, 2 clean sheets
A tall, graceful goalkeeper, with a slightly ungainly look disguising remarkable agility between the sticks. Has an oddly prowling gait. Her error-strewn Eagles Cup filled nobody with confidence, but she's not about to let that get her down; her club form has been excellent for years, and in the event of disaster she'll confidently step up to the task.

Defenders
2 - RB - Pahali Kama (

Montfort Wanderers) - Age 22 - 8 caps
A second-generation Kitari immigrant with... mixed feelings about the Nepharan intervention on behalf of the family her family fled. On the field, though, she's an incisive attacking fullback with matchless pace and an improvisational talent rare at her position.

3 - LB - Radeka Lind (

Jinja City FC) - Age 29 - 102 caps, 10 goals
WC87 Champion
Captain
Lind still looks somewhat coltish, but it belies her unerring eye for a challenge. It's Lind's unabashed love of taking the ball away from people that's her standout in a country that tends to like its fullbacks forward at every opportunity; Lind swings in a vicious cross, but her inherent caution is well-suited to the international game. By now, firmly established as one of the greatest defenders of the generation, and a universally respected captain.

5 - CB - Reniira Clevinger (

Herzegovina City FC) - Age 32 - 132 caps, 20 goals
WC87 Champion
The first half-satyr - indeed, the first non-fullblooded human - to represent the national team, Clevinger essentially looks like a hulking 6'8" woman with blue skin and stubby, vestigial horns poking out of her scalp. Unsurprisingly, she's also the tallest person in Cormorants history. That's handy as a centre-half, and she's scored goals at the big tournaments. She's been a Cormorants stalwart for years, now, and has finally found a reliable partner in Scales.

6 - CB - Anaximander Scales (

Brinemouth) - Age 25 - 52 caps, 3 goals
An absolutely massive, bruising defender, Scales' ability to bulldoze and bully forwards without ever quite fouling them is genuinely remarkable. He's not going to set any records for pace - most likely, he'd struggle to catch up to your average pitch invader - but with his effortless calm, maturity and gift for correct anticipation, he's thus far proven the worthy central defensive partner Clevinger has been crying out for for years.

17 - RB - Tosca Meadows (

Brinemouth) - Age 25 - 29 caps, 1 goal
A sharp and canny fullback. If anything, a little too smug and confident, but a loan spell in Quebec early in her career helped bring her back to earth. Nobody's ever questioned her professionalism or her ability, though, and she's worked tirelessly to improve all sides of her game.

18 - CB - Sven Copperhead (

Crisisbless) - Age 26 - 23 caps, 1 goal
An earnest bruiser, Copperhead's massive but deceptively fast. He loves defending, getting stuck in and smashing people; a little impetuous for international level, perhaps, but if you need a man to stick his head in front of a shot, he's there.

22 - CB - Ettard Mitteager (

AFC Treason) - Age 24 - 7 caps
Hard-bitten but with a soft touch on the ball, Mitteager has quietly stepped up as one of the most reliable Nepharan defenders out there. Never flashy, and notoriously introverted off the pitch, which has perhaps lead to her being underestimated over the years. But you'll notice, players - especially opposing strikers - always rate her highly.

25 - LB - Tanith Xu (

Myana) - Age 21 - 9 caps
Seen as Nephara's best up-and-coming defender, hatchet-faced Xu's severe affect and features lend her an aura of authority well beyond her years. She's a jack of all trades, able to drop into midfield, bolt on the overlap and properly defend equally well, and her razor-sharp intelligence means she can make the most of that versatility.

Midfielders
4 - HM - Cassander Southsea (

Brinemouth) - Age 24 - 30 caps, 1 goal
An intelligent, metronomic midfielder with a dazzling passing range, but also an assertive tackler who can firmly wrest the ball off opponents while reliably not drawing the foul. Southsea can be pretty much anything you'd want out of either midfielder in a double pivot, far more than the water carrier his name seems to imply.

7 - RW - Kestrel Anharbour (

Crisisbless) - Age 24 - 39 caps, 7 goals
Lightning-quick, two-footed and direct, Anharbour's not the most orthodox winger; she wants to use her physical and technical gifts to get inside fullbacks and cause damage. A cheerful sort who doesn't let much get her down, Anharbour just obviously really loves to play the game, and it shows and enriches her play.

8 - CM - Renate March (

Herzegovina City FC) - Age 27 - 32 caps, 6 goals
March has risen up the ranks from the lower leagues. Any purely technical player at that level will get the legs hacked under them, so March had to learn not just to be better than those around her, but quicker, harder and nastier, too. She's taken these lessons to heart even as her career has blossomed. Cantor doubted her at the outset, for whatever reason, but it turns out nobody can tie together the midfield like she can.

11 - LW - Arachne Loeher (

Stahlburg City) - Age 21 - 4 caps, 1 goal
Loeher's what's known in Nephara as an 'asphalt footballer'. Quick on her feet, but more nimble in the tight spaces than pacy on an open stretch of plain. She likes sending others to the cold, hard ground, but has got an inhuman reflex at skipping over challenges that would send her tumbling and skin her knees. Streetwise, creative, and going from strength to strength.

13 - RW / AM - Madita Brewer (

Northern Union) - Age 21 - 21 caps, 6 goals
Brewer's origins are curious; she's from an off-the-grid community in the Laith, but fortunately was able to step out into the world of running water and wi-fi connections long enough for her brilliance to get noted and picked up by a club. Originally developed as a pure playmaker, Brewer's bright and coachable, picked up new positions eagerly, and can play across most midfield roles or up front. That versatility helps her no matter where she's positioned, and she can be dangerous from anywhere on the pitch.

15 - CM - Tasha Sauber (

Spartangrad) - Age 25 - 41 caps, 7 goals
A very odd case. An immensely promising box-to-box midfielder from an early age, her form for country never quite reached her billing, and her club form fell off a cliff. Clearly needed a reboot, and got one in the unforgiving environment of Eura. Cantor tried to rehabilitate her, and succeeded partway, but she lost her starting place to March. There's still room for a redemption arc...

16 - LW - Ana Crowcombe (

Rülândéá Kôstä) - Age 24 - 26 caps, 6 goals
Originally trained as a striker, Crowcombe's stubborn refusal to grow above 5'2" made it inevitable she'd be shunted out to the wing. It proved inspired. Crowcombe is near impossible to peg down on the pitch through her quick wits, quicker feet and obscenely slippery movement. The only question marks concern her finishing and her mercurial state of mind, with reports from Farfadillis suggesting she goes through multiple mental breaks a year. It's probably fine.

19 - HM - Chandra Rosziter (

Dynamo Sjoedrhavn) - Age 21 - 6 caps
Tall and powerful, Rosziter locks down the centre of the pitch with wandering elbows, a commandable aggression out of possession and an underrated passing range with the ball. Some defensive midfielders go unnoticed, even when they're doing a good job. Not Rosziter, whose approach demands a warning klaxon.

23 - CM - Kurtis Swainsona (

Revolutionaries) - Age 22 - 10 caps, 3 goals
A tough, all-action midfielder who excels at brawling and late goalscoring arrivals into the box. He's not the most flashy technician by any stretch but he always makes his mark felt, and has proven very effective for Nephara between the lines, using his brawn and brain to good effect while also pressing hard more than a traditional playmaker.

24 - RW - Dimitra Conder (

Cuono Rangers) - Age 26 - 4 caps, 1 goal
A rough diamond. Conder's a young winger who pretty much single-handedly chose to bear the burdens of her entire side, someone who just looks like she's... having fun. Nobody really expected her to reach the Cormorants, but like many, she's rode the rising tide in Tumbran club football. The most orthodox by far of Nephara's right wingers; if someone just needs to swing in a cross, that's her job.

26 - AM - Lindse Kvasina (

Istria City FC) - Age 26 - 49 caps, 12 goals
Kvasina's arrogant even by Nepharan standards, a diva reputation backed up by an ample supply of talent, guts and graft. She's hard work off the pitch, but at least she'll work hard on it. Even if she didn't, though, her natural poise on the ball and talent for improvisation would make up for it all. Poses far more of a risk off the pitch than on it.

Forwards
9 - ST - Vasya Reisinger (

West Cuono United) - Age 27 - 15 caps, 5 goals
A hulking powerhouse, attractive in an Amazonian kind of way, and the kind of person who believes in a type-A personality and specifically that she possesses one. Cantor's preferred muscular spearhead, and while her role in this squad is undeniably as a Plan B, her effectiveness is just as apparent.

10 - ST - Bravura Harper (

Ulsa) - Age 26 - 53 caps, 25 goals
A brash, swaggering striker, Harper loves taking on first-time shots, and her hammer of a left boot ensures that isn't a waste of a chance. Backs herself to get on the scoresheet, sets herself high expectations, and reliably meets them. She's relentlessly single-minded in pursuit of perfection, and doesn't really have any interests outside football. But evaluated as a footballer, not a dinner companion, you won't find fault.

14 - ST - Latona Basilisk (

Mâ Âlâmëómë) - Age 34 - 93 caps, 52 goals
C75 Young Galactico, WC87 Champion
Basilisk is self-assured to the point of parody, right to the point of having made 'Basilisking' - purported to be her petrifying stare one-on-one with goalkeepers - not only part of her brand, but trademarked. So you'd better believe it matters to say: she's very nearly as good as she thinks she is. Moxham decided only Basilisk had the moxie to pull off the 21 without her. Then came back to reclaim it. Now she's gone again. Then Basilisk missed WC91 through injury and never got called back up, and Vetiver took her shirt, but now Basilisk's back; she's gone through a lot of shirt numbers. Realistically, she's here to give that team a little bit more killing edge.

21 - ST - Felixe Vetiver (

1830 Cathair) - Age 21 - 30 caps, 20 goals
Vetiver is lightning-fast, entirely two-footed, ruthless in front of goal and absolutely fearless. She's got a fine first touch and links up play well, with intelligent, mature movement. She's stronger than she looks, though no powerhouse. Strong mentality, no serious issues off the pitch apart from a generally taciturn, cynical nature. And after scoring six goals in four World Cup games, at nineteen... it's safe to say Vetiver's a generational talent. Nepharim look at her and lick their lips, thinking of World Cups. Teenagers don't tend to break through in Nephara, getting eased into the team picture. Vetiver disagreed, and has reliably swept awards in the National League since her arrival at Cathair.

by **Jeruselem** » Sat Sep 24, 2022 4:15 am

Jeruselem's roster for World Cup 91

"The Princesses"

Formation: 4-4-2

Style Modifier: +2

Manager/Coach:
* Kate Dallas, former World Cup player (86 to 90) and Manager/Coach (91)

Official JGN reporters
* Princess Stella Anna Dallas (daughter of Princess Katherine Annabelle Dallas)

GK (F,28) - Baelz Helos - Often found drunk and compared to a rat
GK (F,21) - Taki Sora - She loves teddy bears
GK (F,29) - La Dark - So called Queen of Dark arts in the team. She's not evil, just weird.

DEF (M,25) - Chloe Dallas - Same first name as former Queen Chloe, guarded and secretive but also a female pervert
DEF (M,23) - Chris Christie - One of the largest defenders in the team, looks more like American football player
DEF (F,23) - Mina Aqua - World's worst maid, pretty much still a child
DEF (F,20) - Hoshi Suisei - Can be a bit of psycopath
DEF (F,28) - Lui Lui - Nominal leader of the defense team.
DEF (F,20) - Sakura Mikado -Resident Shrine maiden

MID (F,23) - Nako Ayame - Has a general bad sense of direction, wears skimpy kimonos
MID (M,29) - Diplo Pharm - Master of Rave parties
MID (F,24) - Iroha Karma - Has a part time job as a celebrity bodyguard
MID (M,20) - Denny D - Can please any woman if asked
MID (M,29) - Dom Perot - Suspected member of skull and crossbones secret society
MID (F,21) - Yui Mel - Big vampire girl fan
MID (F,21) - Aki Rose - Thinks she's an elf

STR (M,20) - Jacob Geese-Frogg - Upper class toff
STR (F,29) - Ina Ninomae - Wants to have tenacles
STR (F,22) - Uruha Russia - Controversial outspoken player
STR (M,28) - Kronus Balanov - Claims to be a time traveller stuck in Jeruselem. No one believes him.
STR (F,22) - Hyacinth Luna - Behaves like a immature Princess

RP Permissions
Choose my goalscorers Y
Godmod Scoring Events Y
RP injuries to my players N
Godmod injuries to my players N
Hand out Yellow cards to my players Y
Hand out Red cards to my players N
Godmod Other Events N

Dallas count = 2
Sallad count = 0

Home jersey
https://www.dropbox.com/s/dzodf1vv26a9xzw/Home.jpg
Awayjersey
https://www.dropbox.com/s/wrte0gyenvp6nh5/Away.jpg

by **Coconut Isle** » Sat Sep 24, 2022 5:57 am

About Coconut Isle...

Coconut Isle is a former Electrumite protectorate that gained independence many moons ago. It is in fact a federation of two separate but co-equal entities: Cocoa Island, the island formerly known as the Jeckish Chicken Connoisseurs and Coconut Island, the larger, well-known nation with spiritual, cultural, temporal and portal links to Electrum's Kale Island. The islands are filled with strange and wonderful creatures, ably headed by Mayor and Chief Athlete, Jim Snakeoil. Their nickname is the "Coconut Isle Dwarfs" however any aspersions calling them dwarfs will be met with swift protest from Jim Snakeoil.

My opponent, if they RP first, may do the following:

Godmod scoring events: Y
RP injuries to my players: Y
Godmod injuries to my players: Y
Give red cards to my players: Y
Godmod other events: Y

Style Modifier: +4

The Team

Manager: Jim Snakeoil -- Loquacious, rambunctious, sarcastic, former baseballer who thinks he knows everything there is to know about football.
Assistant manager: Billiam Maskey -- In no way related to The Turnip's chief-editor-in-chief, Maskey has the unfortunate fortune of having the same name as his Electrumite doppelganger. They even look similar. Assists Snakeoil and takes over the managing on the occasions where Snakeoil is booted from the field.

For the below, bolded players are on the starting XI. Players are listed from left to right on the field. Assume all players are human unless otherwise specified.

Goalkeepers
#1 - Barack Hussein Obama (M) - The 44th President of the United States, who's somehow made his way to this reality and wants to get out. Started to play football in the hopes of getting to know someone who can take him back to his original dimension.
#pi - G-Spot-Bot (Indeterminate) - Put this humanoid goalkeeper bot on the spot and it can save in a pinch.
#tau - Miguel Llawnpoylnygeron (M)

Defenders

#4 - (nameless) (M) - an albino human with white hair and a big, black hood, similar to that villain in that Dan Brown novel, he has no name and was picked to be on the team out of fear.
#1093 - Nyan "Meme Reference" Seven the VII (W)
#42 - Truncated Icosahedron (Indeterminate)
#01001000 01000101 01001100 01010000 00100000 01001101 01000101 - Proton Accelerator (Indeterminate) - Needs to be dug into the field beforehand. On occasion may send particles flying into opposing team's brains to temporarily knock them out.
#5 - Abra Cadabra (W)
#6 - XYZQZMQU MZMQWZQ (W)
#7 - Flynch McNair (M)
#32 - Albany Neue York (M)

Midfielders

#4.1 - Lynn O'Lynn (W) -- a 54 year old grandmother of two and mother of one.
#4.2 - Lynn O'Lynn d/o (daughter of) Lynn O'Lynn (W) -- a 36 year old mother and mother of two.
#4.3 - Lynn O'Lynn III (W) -- an 18 year old woman who is not related to anyone on the team.
#4.4 - Liam O'Lynn (M) -- considered the black sheep of the quartet, he is the grandson of the original Lynn O'Lynn, and 18 years old. His twin sister, Liamette O'Lynn is currently pregnant.
#22/7 - G-Spot Bot v0.5. A similar version to the goalkeeper bot but in a pinch can act as a midfielder, blocking opponents attempts at the ball with its legs instead of its feet like #pi.
#345 - Arsinoe Aristotle (W)
#1729 - Calvin Reagan (M), a former taxi driver

Strikers

#e - Alfred Frumpstickler (M) -- The biggest hipster on the team, can be seen brewing kombucha during downtimes. Also appreciates soy cheese.
#i - Figment of Imagination (Indeterminate) -- Has the ability to phase shift out of existence when not required on the field, then shift back in at the last second to block attempts at the goal. Sometimes it will feel like you're playing against 10 visible players and one invisible player but that's the price you pay for facing off against Coconut Isle.
#33 - Mika Dorney (W)
#96 - Just a large rolling egg

A final note

Don't take this team too seriously, life's too short for that. This team should be an easy two wins for your nation. Anything less would be, although embarrassing, not the end of the world.

by **New Eestiball** » Sat Sep 24, 2022 8:20 am

New Eestiball wrote:
New Eestiball wrote:New Eestiball WC92 roster
Style modifier: +2
Home kit: blue/black
away kit: white/blue
The roster is entirely made up of sentient door knobs with legs. Numbers only because they're doorknobs who are nerds.
4 4 3 formation.

Goalkeeper:
937
694
Defenders:
857
303
138
617
881
Midfielder:
832
287
918
951
Forward:
709
015
734
707
Mi Opponent, if they RP first, may do the following:
Choose my goalscorers: yes
godmod scoring events: yeah right, no
RP injuries to my players: Preferably minimally, but yes
Godmod injuries: NO
hand out yellow cards to my players: yes
hand out red cards to my players: yes
Godmod other events: Only if they involve vacuums

781 has retired since last WC, along with 457 and 982. They have been replaced with 015, 138 and 287, fresh off of the Junior squad. These players have been much more on the attacking side, leading the Doorknobs to adapt a more offensive style.

by **Darmen** » Sat Sep 24, 2022 1:48 pm

National Football Team of Darmen
presented by the
Darmeni Football Association

Record (Modern-era only, since Copa Rushmori 24): 457 matches, 214 wins, 88 draws, 155 losses, 938 GF, 788 GA, .532 Win %

Caps
 1 Hyman Campo          283
 2 Silver Abbey         267
 3 Craig Blackwood      255
 4 Riley Mac Pharlain   212
 5 Alberich Goldschmidt 204
 6 Víedharr Svendsen    185
 7 Aurelio Di Stefano   169
   Juanito Stafford     165
 9 Feliciano Espinosa   164
10 Cyrus Spalding       151

Goals
 1 Craig Blackwood      168
 2 Felix Lucanus         80
 3 Skylar Hurst          49
 4 Víedharr Svendsen     47
 5 Darnell Halle         38
   Daniel Norton         38
 7 Riley Mac Pharlain    33
 8 Brian Firmin          30
 9 Juanito Stafford      27
10 Abraham Cardoso       23

Coaching Staff

Position          Name                   Age
Manager           Salvador Duchamp       60
Assistant Manager Godfrey Ó Tíghearnaigh 62
Offensive Coach   Joel Kavanagh          54
Defensive Coach   Adrian Antúnez         40
Goalkeeping Coach Wilburn Joyce          45
Psychologist      Livia Spooner          53

55 Player Preliminary Roster

#  Pos Name                   Age Club                      Caps Goals
 1 GK  Ori Poirier            28  Sterling City United        2   0
 2 LB  Philip O'Hara          24  Olympique Chuckio          15   0
 3 LCB Kerr Snyder            29  IFK Liverpool United        4   0
 4 RCB Cináed Böhm            29  Scott City FC              21   0
 5 RB  Vinnie Ó Madaidhín     28  Sterling City United        9   0
 6 LM  Kerr Park              28  Johnho United              10   2
 7 LCM Parthalán Wolfe        29  Scott City FC              57  12
 8 RCM Lennart van der Vennen 28  MTK Kingsville             34   3
 9 RM  Bill St. John          31  MTK Kingsville            128  21
10 LF  Lennox Travers         29  Sterling City United       14   4
11 RF  Kennard Hale           28  Scott City FC              42  16

12 GK  Simon Toro             29  MTK Kingsville             15   0
13 LB  Pablo Candelaria       28  Brham United               16   0
14 LCB Sadiq Lucas            28  Atlético Augusta           32   0
15 RCB Fulke Eriksen          24  Johnho United               4   0
16 RB  Curtis Tremblay        32  Tihon (CMT)               101   7
17 LM  Fabricio Tobias        24  Scott City FC               3   0
18 LCM Víedharr Svendsen      32  Tempala United Saints     185  47
19 RCM Neil McCormick         29  Rogerton Whitecaps         13   1
20 RM  Caleb MacGowan         30  Chuckio FC                 21   2
21 LF  James January          22  Scott City FC              10   4
22 RF  Baltassar Boon         27  IFK Liverpool United        0   0

23 GK  Hyman Campo            35  Scott City FC             283   0
24 LB  Feliciano Espinosa     34  Romanopolis United        164   3
25 LCB Marcial Godfrey        31  Royal PFC                  29   0
26 RCB Ferdinand Kruse        25  MTK Kingsville             43   1
27 RB  Erskine Tittensor      29  Chippewa Valley United FC  33   0
28 LM  Inigo Hernandez        28  Olympique Chuckio          18   4
29 LCM Buddy Pickle           34  Royal PFC                  11   0
30 RCM Artur Haenraets        28  Royal PFC                   1   0
31 RM  Anraí Duffy            30  Atlético Augusta           10   1
32 LF  Dorian Kinnaird        26  MTK Kingsville             27  12
33 RF  Sa'id Carl             29  Royal PFC                   3   0

34 GK  Bertil Herman          28  Olympique Chuckio           0   0
35 LB  Sigimund Firmin        31  Unioneers (EUR)            19   1
36 LCB Osvald Ó Maonaigh      32  Chuckio FC                  0   0
37 RCB Augusto Bull           33  Chippewa Valley United FC  24   0
38 RB  Galvão Kneib           27  Johnho United               6   0
39 LM  Billy-Bob Trudeau      29  Tempala United Saints      49   4
40 LDM Joel Good              33  Atlético Augusta          103   3
41 RCM Ian Wilkinson          29  Scott City FC               4   0
42 RM  Kayden Aleshire        24  Olympique Chuckio           8   0
43 LF  Darnell Halle          32  Atlético Augusta           78  38
44 RF  Dominik St. Martin     34  Sportklub Palerma           0   0

45 GK  Beau Carver            29  Tempala United Saints       0   0
46 LB  Abimael Michaud        32  Scott City FC              15   0
47 LCB Manu Ó Baoghill        32  Olympique Chuckio          60   1
48 RCB Leopoldo Dominguez     33  Club Jim Falls              0   0
49 RB  Robin Drummond         31  Chuckio FC                  0   0
50 LM  Bernhard Amador        32  Romanopolis United         15   2
51 LCM Diederik Lloyd         26  IFK Liverpool United        4   0
52 RCM Rolo Fuhrmann          32  Olympique Chuckio           0   0
53 RM  Virgil Orenstein       33  Chippewa Valley United FC   0   0
54 LF  Hughie Rowe            33  Olympique Chuckio           7   5
55 RF  Sylvestre Emmitt       26  Menomonie United            0   0

MID-QUAL TRANSFERS
Leopoldo Dominguez to Atlético Augusta
Vinnie Ó Madaidhín to Aminey CS (KOR)

Because a 35 player roster just wasn't enough, apparently. Duchamp has called up 55 players to be involved in the national team setup for the qualifying campaign, including ten uncapped players. Of the uncapped players however, six are over the age of 30, reversing a trend of favoring younger players set by Duchamp when he took over as Darmen's manager. Darmen appears to be in a transitional period, as the older generation of players are finally beginning to retire and younger players are finally getting the chance to prove their mettle at international level. But some of the old generation still remain in the national team camp, even if they've moved down the depth chart. Players 1-11 are the first choice players. Players 12-33 are the likely reserves and may even start against lower ranked opponents. Players 34-55 are unlikely to start in any matches, but may make appearances off the bench against weaker opponents.

Tactics
Formation: 4-4-2
Style Mod: +1.6
In attack, Darmen will employ one of two tactics: the first involves the team playing down the flanks while the second is a possession oriented short-range passing style there closely resembles tiki-taka. The later tactic is normally only employed against weaker opponents or when Darmen has a multi-goal lead and involves connecting many passes together to slowly advance the ball towards the opponents 18-yard box. It is not uncommon for 30+ passes to be completed in the sequence, especially against weaker opponents.

Darmen's primary tactic however is a heavy emphasis on flank play, with the wide midfielders (also referred to as flankers in Darmen) being the linchpin of Darmen's attack. Upon gaining possession, Darmen will look to distribute the ball to one of the two wide midfielders as quickly as possible. After receiving the ball, the wide midfielders will look to advance the ball as far down the flanks as quickly as possible. Meanwhile, the forwards and the central midfielders will crash the box, hoping to be on the receiving end of the wide midfielder's cross. The wide midfielder (or sometimes even the fullback) on the opposite flank will linger behind waiting to collect the cross should it overshoot the box. While scoring via headers is the primary goal, a player may also look to score by volleying or half-volleying the ball if they're in open space. Should the first attempt at goal not be collected by the goalkeeper, Darmenis are more than willing to take advantage of the ensuing chaos in the box and poach a goal as well. If the wide midfielder's path forward down the flank is blocked, they are not averse to cutting inside and taking a shot on goal themselves.

Defensively, the defenders have one job... to defend. They rarely venture out of their own half, but if they do it will only be one of the fullbacks (see above). Darmen will employ zonal marking when facing the counter-attack and man marking in all other situations.

Team Roles
Captain: Parthalán Wolfe
Vice-Captain: Bill St. John
Left Corner: Parthalán Wolfe
Right Corner: Cináed Böhm
Penalties: Kennard Hale
Free-kicks: Parthalán Wolfe

Team Personality
The Darmeni team will never argue with the referee. Indeed, if anything needs to be brought to the attention of the referee it will be done by either the Captain or Vice-Captain in a respectful manner (or to the fourth-official by the Manager). With regards to foul/dirty play, the Darmeni team will not provoke, or retaliate against any opposition player. Darmeni's expect each team to keep to itself and deal with its own trouble makers; any opposition player who attempts to prevent a conflict by pushing or pulling a Darmeni away from the scene will be promptly told off, as that is the duty of the Darmeni Captain.

Nonetheless, Darmen will play in a relatively aggressive manner. Tackles will be conducted in a way which ensures the opponent ends up on the ground, but causing injury will be avoided as much as possible. On set pieces, Darmenis will stand their ground and will not be easily pushed around. However, they will not engage in hugging. In fact, if any opposing player tries to push past them, it is not uncommon for the Darmeni player to feign resistance before simply stepping aside and watching as the opposing player stumbles past on their way to ground. This occasionally backfires however, as the referee may mistake the incidence as having been a foul in the box.

Qualifying Venues

MD Opponent                       Location    Stadium                Capacity Darmeni Record @ Stadium Darmeni Record vs Opponent
 2 Farfadillis                    Oldtown     Northumberland Stadium 62,100    3-4-6                   First meeting
 5 Cheetahs and reptiles Coalison Scott City  City Stadium           37,100    9-1-1                   2-0-0
 7 The Jovannic                   Darmen City Tyger Stadium          40,000   11-3-2                   1-0-1
 9 Sarzonia                       Johnho      Stadio Rushmore        70,000   15-3-9                   0-2-2
11 Commonwealth of Baker Park     Scott City  National Stadium       75,000    1-0-1                   1-0-3
12 StrayaRoos                     Kingsville  Stadion Hungaria       36,343    8-1-1                   First meeting
14 New Gelderland                 Augusta     Augusta Stadium        45,000    6-1-4                   First meeting
17 Delte                          Rogerton    Kalenda Stadium        45,000    7-2-0                   0-1-1
19 Sajnur                         Liverpool   Youth Stadium          40,200    1-0-0                   1-0-0
21 Damukuni                       Brham       Brham Stadium          54,000    5-3-8                   1-0-1

RP Permissions
Choose my scorers: YES PLEASE! If you name your goal scorers, please also name mine.
Choose my scoring events: YES
Godmod scoring events: YES. If you have anything major planned, give me a heads up.
RP injuries to my players: YES, no more than one per match. If you have anything major planned, give me a heads up.
Godmod Injuries to my players: NO
Give Yellow Cards to my players: YES, no more than two per match. If you have anything major planned, give me a heads up.
Give Red Cards to my players: YES, no more than one per match. If you have anything major planned, give me a heads up.
Godmod other events: MAYBE. If you have anything major planned, give me a heads up.
Style Modifier: +1.6

If you need to contact me, TG's are preferred over Discord DM's.

by **Talannua** » Sat Sep 24, 2022 1:57 pm

Talannua national kicks team

Nation Name: The Past Lands of Talannua
Region: Atlantian Oceania (located on the landmass of Cyanea)
Three-letter code: ATA
Background: Recently, the United Republic of Delaclava moved to the planet of Sonnel in such a way that it tore up the existing cities, people, and infrastructure and folded it into multidimensional space on its new planet. The transformation left behind the same lands and surface waters, with next to no development. The people of Talannua currently consists of two types: 1) small towns who voluntarily tethered themselves to the underlying land, remaining in Talannua largely untouched; and 2) fragments of people and towns who were left behind either by accident or by design. There is currently no central government or army, but there are plenty of frontiersmen who are ready to stand up to invaders.

Nickname: Wild Horses
Formation: 2-3-5
Style Modifier: +3.5
Accomplishments: Quarterfinals, Baptism of Fire 79

Manager: William Shore
1. GK - John True
2. LB - Jason Hill
3. RB - Michael West
4. CM - Alan Farmer
5. LM - David Waters
6. RM - Joseph Jester
7. LW - John Stable
8. RW - David Woods
9. LF - Matthew Plant
10. CF - Thomas Brook
11. RF - Mark Waters

12. GK - Ash Flint
13. DF - Patrick Judge
14. MF - Joseph Hand
15. FW - James Bull
16. FW - Leo Bard

Home Stadium: Castaic High School

My opponent, if they RP first, may do the following:
Choose my goalscorers: Yes
Godmod scoring events: Yes
RP injuries to my players: Yes
Godmod injuries to my players: Yes
Hand out yellow cards to my players: Yes
Hand out red cards to my players: Yes
Godmod other events: Yes

As this is a new puppet for me, there may be some, many, most things I haven't really formulated yet, so if you have any questions, please ask!

by **Delaclava** » Sat Sep 24, 2022 5:22 pm

DELACLAVA NATIONAL SOCCER TEAM
QUALIFICATION FOR THE NINETY-SECOND WORLD CUP

Gold medalists, Games of the V Olympiad.
Seven-time WC qualifiers (51-56, 91). QF at WC51.
Champions of 2nd Wonder Cup, Moon Bracket.
Hosts of WC55, CoH 44 and 46, BoF 72, AOCAF 31.
Current world ranking: 56th
All time peak world ranking: 11th (post WC-53 qualifying).

Trigram: DEL | Nickname: Phoenixes | Style Modifier: +2

RP permissions: Yes, but be respectful and TG/DM if you're not sure or have ideas.

Overview

It's a new dawn, it's a new day, it's a new life for the soccer Phoenixes, who overcame years of organizational chaos and ineffective development of talent to put together a strong qualifying campaign in World Cup 91, culminating in a stunning second-leg comeback in Eura to return to the World Cup after a seventy-year absence. Delaclava's zero-point performance there shows that there is plenty more room to grow, and history would indicate that a second consecutive qualification is far from guaranteed, but the possibilities of this team are clear and the motivation is more present than ever to continue the team's strong form in qualifying matches dating back to the second half of World Cup 90.

Tactically, the Phoenixes are heavily offensive-minded, utilising a 4-5-1 (4-2-3-1) and relying on individual skill in the middle and up front. Goalkeepers and defenders are perfectly capable, but they're going to have to be ready to make plays and bail out failed attacks. There is a bias towards action and chance instead of possession, and an inclination towards taking defensive risks to generate counterattack opportunities, although these tendencies have been somewhat reined in by new manager Boris Ishutin. Additionally, it is expected that the midfielders will be fully active on both ends of the field, employing manpower to have advantages in both the offensive and defense zones rather than relying on positioning. Ishutin will frequently make substitutions at midfield, even as early as the start of the second half, to give both the starters and substitutes an opportunity to work at a higher rate for a shorter period of time. The Phoenixes can also adapt to a 4-4-2 (4-2-2-2) thanks to the flexibility and versatility of Lukas Meyer up front.

Manager: Boris Ishutin, 65, Coldwater: Although his recent work at Coldwater has left something to be desired, Ishutin undeniably worked his magic with the Phoenixes in his first campaign with the team, and it'd be foolish to deviate from that successful plan. The team benefited from Ishutin's steady caution and discipline that adequately reined in the wild, flowing tendencies of the squad.
Elidyr Lyndainium (Ceni)
Edward Ekdal, 51, Catherina FC: The two-time UFL champion steps in as caretaker after an unfortunate run of form. Ekdal previously coached the under-21 team six years ago in the 50th Di Bradini Cup, and he won't be looking to put too much of his stamp on the team; he's going to keep things afloat, try to instill from confidence, and give this talented squad room to operate.
Assistant Manager: Jeff Brashear, 55
Technical Director: Freddy Lacey, 48
Strength & Conditioning Coach: Daniel Witt, 41
Goalkeeper Coach: Tomasz Janaczek, 40 - Who better to take this team to the next level than an unsung legend who cut his teeth in the latter end of his career at Shearwater FC in Kelssek, winning league titles and an IFCF Champions League to finish his career.

GOALKEEPERS

#1 GK Earl James - 24, 6-3, 180 - AFC Mayville (EUR): A tall, well-built keeper notable for his positioning savvy and even-keel personality, his confidence has improved remarkably over the past several years as he has quietly worked his way from U18 to U21 to be projected as the number-one backstop for the Phoenixes. Like many of his countrymen, he has developed nicely in the Euran league system and is sufficiently battle-tested to withstand the rigors of a qualifying campaign.

#14 GK Finian Cloarec - 23, 5-8, 140 - Kionao Locals (TUR): Incredibly fast and explosive, with the ability to withstand pressure usually put on him by his own defense. Although he has steadily worked his way up the ranks in the Delaclav national team system and was projected to someday take over this team, it appears that James has been the more impressive in training camp thus far. But Cloarec, who splits time in Turori with compatriot Canon Burwell, is no stranger to a good bit of competition and will be ready to take over when needed.

#21 GK Carlos Rodriguez - 23, 6-0, 160 - Cleopatrana SC: A seemingly forgotten prospect who was apparently chained up and locked away in Cassadaigua for years, Rodriguez had to fend for himself to take advantage of his atmospheric potential. A competitive, hot-headed young goalie with loads of athleticism, and a willingness to get a bit chippy in defending crosses and corners, Rodriguez effectively went barnstorming as a guest in UFL practices and impressed enough there and in training camp to take the third spot. Back in a safe home in Cleopatrana and with the potential to find a good team abroad next season, his future is back.

DEFENDERS

#2 RB Cian Barry - 21, 6-1, 155 - EFS (EUR): A tall and wiry center back with a calm temperament and great timing and anticipation, but not especially physically aggressive. He succeeds a pedigree of right backs like Josh Torres and Carlos Berrera, and his tendencies will be a good fit for Delaclava's first four-back line in years.

#3 CB Marc Champagne - 22, 5-8, 140 - Leaside Lions (QUE): Champagne's placement in the starting lineup for the World Cup 91 campaign signaled a new preference for more deliberate, containing defensive play, and a rare amount of discipline for his age. Can frustrate teams into making a mistake as they possess the ball forever, unable to find an opening. Champagne emerged as a key turning point for the Phoenixes in its stunning fortunes, and it's brought him loads of self-assurance and the ability to lead this young back line.

#4 CB Wilfrid Gouin - 21, 5-7, 130 - Colonial Sile (VIL): Diminutive but incredibly quick with efficient positioning. A poor aerial defender prone to attacks, but very little gets past him on the ground, and crafty enough to make sure larger opponents have trouble beating him. Pairing his speed with the technique and smarts and Champagne should be an intimidating proposition for opposing offenses.

#8 LB Durgali Baxayev - 24, 5-9, 145 - Stahlburg City (NPH): Tough and gritty expecially for his size, Baxayev strikes a good balance between attacking on the wings and hanging back, although his judgment needs a bit of work. After finding success and a Red League title before moving up to the Zenith, Baxayev's game has also progressed to put him in the starting spot for the first time ahead of Minotauro Meñica.

#16 RB Toby Barker - 20, 6-3, 165 - AFC Westpike (BRE): A lean and mean back whose long legs seem to make any tackle, whose head can manage to rise above all the rest to clear out aerial attacks or even score the rare goal. Tends to be a bit fragile and some injuries interrupted his last season and his training camp, but at his best he helped lift Manchester to an improbable UFL title.

#18 CB Rahmonberdi Zhusupov - 27, 5-11, 145 - Olympic Thessia (MYT): A particularly aggressive center back who isn't afraid to push forward and meet the ball to take changes. He can often get away with it with his speed, but needs to develop more discipline. Although his style doesn't mesh as well with Ishutin's plan for the team, he offers a lot of experience and insight and can be a suitable substitute for either starting center back to extend their mileage in a long campaign.

#22 LB Minotauro Meñica - 27, 5-6, 130 - Raven River (NPH): Lightning quick and strong despite his small stature, Meñica follows the traditional Delaclav style of a highly aggressive outside back, yet has similarly been the victim of a shift in coaching philosophy and playing style. But given the kind of contrast he offers to Baxayev, there may be a place for him on this team yet.

#26 RB Josh Torres - 34, 5-8, 150 - Catherina FC: A small, scrappy, and physical player, Torres' best days are behind him, but he's still a player that goes all the way back to the beginning with this national team and continues to be a steady presence on a very successful Catherina FC team. He may be here largely in support and mentorship, but he's ready to step in when he's needed to get this team back to the World Cup.

MIDFIELDERS

#5 RDM Kazuo Martin - 28, 5-11, 170 - Brinemouth (NPH): A quick and patient player, Martin rose to stardom in Delaclav after a historic season with Brinemouth, winning a league title and the Emerald Ball, earning him a late callup to the Phoenixes for the World Cup proper. This team should get a lot of value out of having him for the full season.

#6 LDM Ben Romeijn - 29, 6-2, 180 - Mountainside (EUR): A big, speedy and powerful athlete and a bona fide star who got his start as a teenager in the UFL, and has developed into a threatening goalscorer and playmaker over several seasons in the Silver and Gold Leagues. This guy has seen it all with the Delaclava national team, and this is one of the players you just have to gameplan for if you want to steal a point or three from the Phoenixes

#7 LM Martin Bartoš - 26, 5-9, 160 - Lublova Reds (SRS): A lightning quick and versatile midfielder with a nose for the goal, it's hard to think of a guy who's dealt with more organizational adversity, from his rocky time in the Tikariot league to getting bounced between the Delaclava and Verceola national squads. But that, above all, shows his determination and his desire to make it to the World Cup, a lifelong dream he finally fulfilled, as well as how suited he is for this incredibly talented midfield corps.

#9 RM Varlam Kovalev - 29, 5-10, 160 - Chatswood (NPH): A versatile midfielder who has matured impressively in the past few years, and who is both skilled and confident enough to make an offensive impact individually, and physical and hard-working enough to put in the slog on defense to protect a lead. His journey from late bloomer to national team starter has been a sight to behold.

#10 CAM Kent Lindblad - 26, 5-8, 140 - Farrenton Athletic (EUR): The two-time defending UFL MVP and now UFL league champion, Lindblad is the shiny new toy for the Delaclav FA. Steady and cool-headed as they come, Lindblad is perhaps blessed with more tactical than physical gifts, but possesses field vision beyond his years. For a Delaclav, he is uncharacteristically sensible as a containing defender, and offensively works best in support at the back of a formation and as an effective distributor across the field. He can therefore find and generate attacks through the wing players. After winning a UFL Golden Boot and Golden Ball, he joined up with Lukas Meyer at Farrenton Athletic and figures to be a key piece in that team's future.

#12 CAM Drystan Tudor - 25, 6-1, 160 - CF Outineau (KSK): Tall, strong, rangy, fast, with smooth ball skills, distribution, and scoring ability - Tudor is perhaps the most complete player of all of Delaclava's young talent. He's confident, embraces leadership opportunities and new challenges. If anything, perhaps a bit too confident and is prone to clash with other strong personalities, but coachable under the right guidance.

#13 RM Vangelis Anagnakis - 20, 5-4, 125 - FK Arsika (MYT): An aggressive attacker and tackler with insane sprint speed that his endurance hasn't quite matched yet. Headstrong and cocky to a fault but a supremely positive teammate. It'll be interesting to see how he develops given he's jumped the line to get here.

#15 RDM Simon Demirjian - 24, 6-2, 155 - Chatswood (NPH): Remarkable athletic talents, speed and size with a tough grit, Demirjian has bounced back and managed to get out of the shadow of crazy high expectations, developing nicely along with a few compatriots in Chatswood and earning his way into a spot that's consistent with his experience and development.

#17 LDM Didier Brouillard - 21, 5-6, 130 - Endeavour Brenecia (BRE): A crafty, deft holding midfielder whose style of play is a refreshing rarity in an attack-oriented Delaclav system. High-level positioning, steady and very consistent, but needs some time under the tutelage of his elders before he's ready to take on a ton of responsibility.

#19 LM Timur Zaitsev - 30, 5-10, 150 - Workers Union (EUR): An offensive-minded, energetic player and a great distributor out of the middle, who has continued to thrive with Workers Union. He was often used as a "spark plug" substitute in his younger days, but emerged as a more consistent starter. Now, with the explosion of young talent, Zaitsev will take a backseat for the time being, but he is still ready to provide guidance and make a difference in the later minutes.

#27 LM Aleksandr Temirkanov - 27, 5-7, 135 - Mosul (ADB): A ferocious attacker on the wing, Temirkanov will often take the ball to the net himself if he sees the right opportunity (or, to be honest, even if he doesn't) and likes to take risks and try to recover on defense later. His endurance is improving, but given his breakneck aggression, the last 15 minutes or so are still a challenge. He returns to the team after starting for an unsuccessful World Cup 90 team before being omitted for the run to the World Cup; his career has been tumultuous but the skill remains apparent.

FORWARDS

#11 ST Lukas Meyer - 29, 6-2, 175 - Farrenton Athletic (EUR): With his accomplishments now, he's perhaps the greatest player of modern Delaclav soccer, and he's far from done yet. The best natural goalscorer of the squad, Meyer does not have the speed or size to capitalize on many breakaway chances, but in offensive sets and possessions, there is no one more reliable or adept in the 18-yard box. Meyer has a knack for finding the right shot or leading pass within that range, and has consistently been the biggest problem for opposing defenses to solve. The team's offensive scheme largely revolves around him, putting him in a one-striker role, but with the option to pair him with a Gretler or Racette to get some different offensive looks.

#20 ST Amaury Racette - 28, 6-0, 150 - Marinos Metropolis (VLD): Quick, slippery, and dangerous from anywhere in the box. He's bounced around a bit lately in his league career, but abandoning the baseball career and his move to Valladares did wonders and he experienced a major resurgence as a top scorer and the Revelation Player of the Season. As Ishutin continues to explore his options, expect Racette to get some serious minutes.

#23 ST Alibek Khautov - 25, 5-10, 155 - Creed United (NPH): Flashy and a bit temperamental, but an artist inside the box. He can get a bit of tunnel vision when he has the ball but undeniably has a nose for the goal and finds himself the opportunities to get that last touch. He's found his home at a crucial point in his career and it's worked to get this once-promising scorer onto the 26-man roster.

#24 ST Mathias Gretler - 23, 5-9, 145 - Aries Chariots (NPH): He can play in many different styles and roles, but there aren't many better pure goalscorers out there. He's turned out to be something of a treasure trove for Aries Chariots and figures into the long-term futures for both the Chariots and the Phoenixes.

#25 ST Kevin Dillon - 29, 6-1, 160 - Harkdown (EUR): A surprising choice with just one cap - under very unusual circumstances in World Cup 85 as a replacement player from Cleopatrana SC - but since then, he's made quite a career for himself in the Silver League, twice in a row finishing as the second-highest scorer. It's not the highest-level competition, but scoring is scoring, and Dillon figures to get some opportunities in a handful of games and see what he can do.

Notes:

As stated above, Ishutin will frequently expect midfielders to work their hardest for 45 minutes, then be substituted for someone else. Romeijn and Martin are more likely to go for the full 90 minutes, and Ishutin will always hold on to one or two substitutions if another replacement is needed elsewhere.
Baxayev will take corner kicks - a rather aggressive posture for the team. Lindblad will be the one to take free kicks if there is a direct scoring opportunity; Gouin for longer range and placement or if looking for a volley/header in the box.
For penalties, use the first player on this list who is still in the game: Meyer, Romeijn, Lindblad, Bartoš.

Formation

Home Venues

MD1 v Togonistan - Pride of Manchester (110,000), Manchester
MD3 v Zwangzug - Pride of Manchester (110,000), Manchester
MD5 v Civia Welephilostopia
MD8 v Jeruselem - Pride of Manchester (110,000), Manchester
MD10 v Efnakia - Babbage Grounds (55,000), Mariana
MD13 v Hopal
MD15 v Ochre Islands
MD17 v República Guanacasteca
MD20 v Flavovespia - Babbage Grounds (55,000), Mariana
MD22 v Britland - Pride of Manchester (110,000), Manchester

by **Ranoria** » Sat Sep 24, 2022 9:05 pm

My opponent, if they RP first, may do the following:
Choose my goalscorers: Yuppers
Godmod scoring events: Yep!
RP injuries to my players: Consult me for anything serious, thanks!
Godmod injuries to my players: see above
Hand out yellow cards to my players: Yez'm
Hand out red cards to my players: Absolutely!
Godmod other events: Do you!
Special Note: Nothing about COVID will be acknowledged. There is no COVID in Ranoria, just like there is no war in Ba Sing Se
Style Modifier: -5

The National Alliance of Association Football is proud to present Ranoria's National Team: The Ranoria Snow Bears!

Overview

Competition       Records | Goals F/A:
Baptism of Fire 74: 2-2-1 |  5/4  (+1)
-Knockouts:           0-1 |  1/3  (-2)
World Cup 87:      6-1-11 | 23/28 (-5)
World Cup 88:      11-2-5 | 27/17 (+10)
World Cup 89:       9-5-4 | 25/18 (+7)
World Cup 90:       8-3-3 | 18/11 (+7)
World Cup 91:       9-5-6 | 25/20 (+5)
C.O.H. 83   :       2-2-2 |  4/7   (-3)
-Knockouts:          0-1  |  0/3   (-3)
Overall Record:       47-20-33
Overall Goals F/A:     128/111
Overall Goal Diff:       +17

Football isn't a big thing in Ranoria (well, this version anyway) and frankly no one is expecting a huge run from this team. However, after four straight winning World Cup qualifying stages and a knockout appearance in the 83rd Cup of Harmony, we know this team can compete on the world stage, even if not as one of the tougher squads in the competition.

It was a known fact that World Cup 90 was the last shot for the original crew to be the primary group carrying this team to a World Cup Proper, and the time between Cups has seen several retirements and more players starting to lose a step. Barry Chlorid, in particular, was a gut-punch after the long-time striker has retired from soccer, going back to gridiron kicking as his sole focus.

Young Tatiana Queen be the centerpiece for the offense of this team, a new face to add some novelty this go-round. Defenders defenders Sabra Sapharina and Andrew Parrish are in their second WC starting and are players to watch, with both considered to have a high ceiling, and they proved their mettle in the last qualifying stage, where after a 2-2-2 CoH run the team made it's second ever postseason appearance in a competition.

Meet the coaching staff!

Coaching Staff
Name                  Age   Roles
Mark Tilmann           53   Head Coach
Manlafi Sowe           75   Assistant Head Coach, Goalkeeping Coach (Banijan)
Kevin Raegar           45   Defensive Assistant
Angela von Kuhn        39   Offensive Assistant

Medical
Name                  Age   Roles
Dr. Martin Fullochs    69   Team Doctor
Gabbi Foreman          32   Head Trainer
Clayton Lacy           29   Trainer

Depth Chart
Weight in pounds, height in feet and inches, starters listed in bold, primary backups in plain text, and reserves italicized.

Number    Name          Ht.     Wt.   Age          Team
1     Tatiana Queen     5-11    160    21       Crix, Chromatika
27    Felix Graf        6-5     220    32      Qet, Chromatika
25    Glenn Helmine     5-5     135    23      Vricksinburg Thunder
24    Julian Morris     5-9     160    32      Ashialand Blizzard
28    Annika Amann      5-6     140    24      Richardson Revolt
26    Elmo Germann      6-2     165    34      Cleveland Curses

Number    Name          Ht.     Wt.    Age         Team
34    August Mueller    6-1     175     31     Memphis Delta Blues
33    Gregor Berger     6-1     170     31     Dietrich Dirks
41    Marian Korngold   5-8     150     22     Highport Heroes
42    Janina Louise     5-11    160     23     Ashialand Blizzard
77    Otto Hertner      6-1     177     22     Vricksinburg Thunder
35    Dirk Wetter        6      170     32     Vricksinburg Thunder

Number     Name        Ht.     Wt.    Age            Team
41    Kris Reinhardt   6-2     175     30     Omnio, Chromatika
7     Sabra Sapharina   6      160     23     Qet, Chromatika
8     Andrew Parrish   6-1     170     23     Dietrich Dirks
10    David Yarbarough 6-1     165     22     Eyrods, Chromatika
44    Jules Annina     5-9     155     32     Port Kruger Cougars
15    Chris Jenkins    6-2     175     33     Dietrich Dirks
11    Eugene Rimold    6-1     170     34     Dietrich Dirks

Number     Name        Ht.     Wt.    Age           Team
4     Vincent Emilia   6-2     215     30     Banija
62    Karsten Leonore  6-3     180     28     Banija
6     Tony Berg        6-1     175     32     Ashialand Blizzard

Felix Graf: Obviously larger for a soccer player, Graf is often asked why he's here, and not playing gridiron. He'd probably call you a meathead, but the guy has deceptive straight-line speed and obviously he's a physical presence on the field. With Barry Chlorid - the team's long-time primary scorer - stepping down due to age, he'll be playing support now for a youngster in Tatiana Queen.

Tatiana Queen: Even in her youth, she'll be stepping up as the striker for this squad. Queen is a fluid athlete and can beat some players purely off of that. Has a knack for developing her craft, but she's still young.

Kris Reinhardt: Reinhardt's the top dog on this defense and in the country. She showed up and was used only sparingly in World Cup 87, but really upped her game after seeing and playing against the best competition she could go against, and has been starting since World Cup 88. She's more suited to playing center than wing, but can do either. One of the best players in Ranoria, 3x NAAF DPOY.

Vincent Emilia: A solid goalkeeper in Banija now, and he's got a few all pros under his belt from his time in Ranoria's NAAF. Expect as good of play from him as you can expect from a Ranorian. General consensus is that while he's nowhere near the top of the world, he's good enough to play with anyone. That said, he's got Karsten Leonore, another solid player, breathing down his neck.

Sabra Sapharina: Sabra was the the second rated prospect in Ranoria going into 2029. Debuted on the internationals stage in DBC 52...a team that has infamously gone down as Ranoria's first winless team in international play. That said, in her two years of domestic play in Ranoria she was 18-5-5 in the regular season, 2-2 in postseason games. Sabra's an electric talent now playing in Qet, Chromatika, and this will be her second WC as a starter.

Andrew Parrish: Parrish is another second-season starter for this team. He's also one of the three players from Ranoria's Dietrich Dirks among the top 6 in the defenders depth chart. He, like Sapharina, played for the DBC 53 team, but the two don't always get along - he played for the best team in Ranoria's NAAF before moving on to Qet, Chromatika, if you hadn't guessed. He was 17-7-4 in the regular season, but 4-0 in postseason play with the two titles that come with that impressive mark at home.

by **Huayramarca** » Sat Sep 24, 2022 10:20 pm

Football Federation of Huayramarca

Official Roster for the 92^th World Cup

About Huayramarca: The Plurinational State of Huayramarca, also known as ”Huayramarca Mamallaqta” in Quechua and ”Huayramarca Suyu” in Aymara (literally: Windy Country), is an extraordinarily diverse nation in terms of geography that’s located in Anaia. Crossing three time zones, from the islands, reaching the coast, hiking the mountains, and then sliding into the jungle, passing massive cordilleras, a nation with 36 million inhabitants that is composed by 9 ethnical groups.

Huayramarca as is a relatively new nation for the traditional standards of it, it was constituted on 1822 (currently, we sit on 1984 according to the Inca Calendar), the main focus of building this nation was to help different ethnic groups to gather force into the region, in order to be recognized multiversally as a nation, hence, may gather some international protection in case their rights would be abused suddenly by an external force.

Being completely ignorant on what was happening on the neighbourhood, the Aymara, Quechua, Shuar, Guarani, Montubio, Tsáchila, Huaorani, Andoa and Candoshi ethnics decided to form the Republic with the support of neighbouring nations such as the Royal Kingdom of Québec.

Until the middle XX century, Huayramarca managed to survive economically from llama, alpaca and vicuña herding, since its skins are highly valuable in neighbouring Québec due to their strong winters; also, coffee production helped Huayramarca to build some solid institutions that promoted national expansion near the neighbouring Cocoabo Forest, that place is “La Selva”, a lush but quite dangerous forest with hundreds of rivers that come from the Andes. After some years of exploration, the authorities met the first indigenous peoples of the zone, which were exploited in order to produce rubber for tires and some mysterious chickens that were produced to do even more mysterious sacrifices to a deity, which the local people and even the rest of Huayramarca wasn’t able to understand how she works, granted, it’s not even a part of the Incan Mythology which includes Inti(the Sun god) and others.

Said abuses committed against the jungle inhabitants caused a heavy political turmoil around 1950, which formed a divide in the nation that remains until today: Serranos (highlanders), Costeños (coastals) against selváticos (jungle inhabitants); Those divides weren’t noticeable in economic terms but politically, with constant attempts of coup d’état against the government.

Aymara and Quechua peoples took the power during the remaining part of the 50’s until 1969. On that period, Huayramarca suffered the effects of a severe number of “huaycos” (mudslides) caused by heavy rainstorms across the entire Huayramarcan Sierra, those events killed at least 300,000 people and urged for an attempt to reincorporate Huayramarca back into normality, but, how? The main bet of the government was to aim for the tourism industry, spamming the developed nations of Anaia in order to make some tourists visit sacred places such as Illimani (a mountain that’s devoted as god for the Aymara folk), Huayna Picchu (the royal Incan palace for Quechua) and the sun-drenched coast ranging from Guayaquil to Lima (specially Montañita, the best beach par excellence in northern Anaia).

The formula was working decently, since the economy was reporting high growth numbers, but seemed to cause some lack of satisfaction on certain zones of the country, especially on the Jungle. Their inhabitants decided to support the Costeño elite to beat the Serrano government. 1969 election would be marked for the Huayramarcan history by the magnitude of the sabotage made against the current government, to the point of bribery or killings for their supporters.

Currently, Huayramarca has a huge wealth gap between zones, the coast boasts the fact of being the economic engine of the nation even though the capital city is in the Sierra, while the Jungle is slowly developing with some cities such as Sechura, Florencia, Virú and several others boosted by oil findings and rubber production. Sierra may be in disadvantage, but recent developments in neighbouring nations may make them turn relevant once again in the nation, since lithium batteries demand is growing up and Huayramarca’s Sierra possesses one of the biggest reserves of said mineral of the entire multiverse.

Basically, Huayramarca is a nation of contrasts and never—ending conflicts that’s well into the deep borehole named “the natural resource course” a hard situation to overcome due to the lack of proper education, critical thinking, and result-focused mindset on the population, that constantly seeks for shelter in entertainment industries such as soap operas, music, and now football. From power struggles between Costeño elites and Serrano social movements such as Ñucanchi Ñan, who uprose against Hugo Mina, a Costeño president, to defend the Aymara holy land of Mount Illimani from mining exploitation to the current political order, where Ñucanchi Ñan rules comfortably.

The focus of the mainstream agenda is over sustainable economic growth, taking care of the environment and inclusion of minorities, something that is accepted by the people in the nation. This environment has led to an increase in nationalism, since the national unity is being fostered as a State Policy; sports, especially football is being the main vehicle to promote that sense. As for now, the Huayramarcan Football Federation budget has been increased twenty times to aim for success in short-term.

Quick Facts

Official Name: Estado Plurinacional de Huayramarca - The Plurinational State of Huayramarca.
Motto: Revolución o Muerte ¡Venceremos!
National Anthem: ¡Oh, Huayramarca! - Lyrics
Capital City: Huayramarca D.M. (Distrito Metropolitano) - Huayramarcan Metropolitan District.
Highest Point: Nevado Inti (7,920 masl)
Currency: Inti (I$ 1 = N$ 0.33)
Languages: Spanish, Quechua, Aymara (main); Six other indigenous languages.

Huayramarcan Football History: As a society, Huayramarcans enjoy sports, especially when politics may turn the nation into a chaos every second, they just want to run away from that horrible and desperate situation and may try luck on football.

Considering the levels of poverty on Huayramarca, young people may give a shot for football in the chaotic Liga 1 or lower tiers, with the hopes of achieving a decent salary that may help their families to get away from poverty and huayco-prone neighbourhoods. Liga 1 has fourteen teams from various parts of the country, mostly focused on the Sierra and Costa regions since those are the most heavily populated ones. The recent decisions taken in the Government and the Huayramarcan Football Federation, where they ended a ban on transferring players to foreign teams, has filled with optimism and illusion an entire generation of youngsters, that now aim to be another Huayramarcan playing abroad.

Immediately after the HFF creation, the president of the Plurinational State, Hugo Mina (Costeño), thought it would be a great idea to form a fringe squad for the AOCAF and then try to make it into Baptism of Fire or World Cup Qualifiers, hence he asked for Eliezer González (head of the Huayramarcan Football Federation) to try and apply for said tournaments. He sent notes to sign-up for those events, but he sent them incorrectly, at AOCAF, he sent it to a grandmother living up near the Andean Organization for Coffee, Agriculture and Forests (located at Cumbayá) instead of sending it to the proper AOCAF tournament organizing committee, which turned González into laughingstock for several weeks in Huayramarca. Despite that, González managed to sign-up properly for the WC, despite he was rejected for BoF because he applied to the “Burger of Fire” and not the Baptism of Fire.

After all, the HFF managed to convince 25 players from the amateur-ish Liga 1 sides to build the National Team, whose nickname is resumed to “Kuntur” (The Condors), all those players ranged from being high school students, to chemists, bus drivers, and even people from the local tavern, whose preference is revealed on how they named their team “Real Ebriedad”, which was later supported by Cristalina, the main brewery firm from Huayramarca.

Nothing that would be possible without the support of Omar Caicedo, a Costeño who migrated to Québec and decided to learn football techniques while managing Beyreuth University, where he won three national titles out of eight seasons on his span with them. Caicedo is a fan of high-pressure football, known as “gegenpressing” or “El Huayco” as Huayramarcans may call if (specially Serranos, since they might be quite shy or sometimes plain dumb that doesn’t like to attack) Anyways, Caicedo’s strategy proved right on some matches played by Huayramarca against their northern neighbour, the Royal Kingdom of Québec, beating them 5-1 at Huayramarca’s Estadio Nacional (located at 4,012 masl only?!…) and tying 2-2 at Iqaluit’s Ice Hockey Rink (that’s what the players thought at playing in a frozen city… ¡Achachay!) If you wonder what’s ¡Achachay! Well, figure out you’re on top of the mountain receiving wind and gelid weather right into you, if you did it, welcome to Huayramarcan’s sense of cold shivering!

Well, coming back to football, Caicedo’s devotion for 4-2-3-1 has been unquestionable, he always loves to boast of having a neat defence, two defending mid fielders that may aim to recover possession when needed, or even having one of them switching to creative duties in support of the team’s brain, Ian Mamani, then, two wingers feeding the sole striker up in the middle of the box. That striker may often go back and try to recover balls and make a power play from himself with support of a winger and then seek for a goal. He did demonstrate a lot during the first part of the World Cup Qualifiers, earning some mixed results during it, but it failed for a part of the second half, where the team accumulated an 11 winless game streak added that they weren't capable to snatch a win during their first eight local games. In fact, their first home win came at the 9th home game, after that, they won three out of their four last home games, earning an 8 games unbeaten streak to finish off the Qualifiers, which was a quite impressive recovery after suffering a significant streak of defeats.

Said streak wasn’t a lucky strike, it was somehow a confirmation on how the Huayramarcan National Team had turned into a squad that forged a reputation as a hardworking team. The Cup of Harmony 77 was an interesting test for the team, to see if they are capable to handle out the nerves of what it implies to be struggling for a knockout spot until the last second of the last match, which is what happened to the Condors, since they tied their first three games, they had a chance to get into the last rounds but they had to face Port Ember. Huayramarca succumbed to the nerves and wasted a 2-0 lead to see how Port Ember scored five goals in quick succession.

A spectacular beginning on World Cup 86 Qualifiers helped the Condors to finish 4th in the first half of qualifiers, being two points below the second placed squad, but defeats against top dogs such as Ko-oren and Tequilo killed the desires of this national team to qualify, also, instigated by poor performances against low and other mid-ranked nations boosted that debacle. The Cup of Harmony wasn't different to the end of the World Cup Qualifiers, it was in the same shape, defeats, defeats, and pressure on the squad since they were worried on the turbulent present of Huayramarca.

With the latest investments made by the Huayramarcan Government to the Huayramarcan Football Federation, by multiplying tenfold their budget, the HFF has now sent the managerial staff of the Condors to other nations, to gather new ideas and apply those to build a competent side in tactical terms, with the main purpose to achieve World Cup qualification for the first time as soon as possible and provide that joy to the Huayramarcan folk. That heavy investment provided benefits during the 87^th World Cup Qualifiers, where Huayramarca left behind the label of being an "uncomfortable rival" to take a protagonist role in their group, finishing second behind Audioslavia with a solid 40 points in 18 matches. Things in playoffs might be forgettable as Huayramarca drew at home (1-1) and was thrashed (1-4) in Tikariot.

Despite the downturn in the team's mindset, the team faced struggles at the Cup of Harmony group stage. Being defeated by Mriin at the first game, defeating Garifunya 1-0 and then tying against Ibixa for the second time in the cycle sent the Condors to the Knockout phase of CoH for their first time ever, Xanneria was a hard rival for the Round of 32, Huayramarca's miracle run was about to start with a narrow 2-1 win over them; then two rock-solid performances against Saint Domingue and a well-known foe from the WCQ Group (Sargossa) with a 3-1 and 2-0 respectively, put Huayramarca among the best four sides in the Cup of Harmony. Being defeated by Mriin with a hard-fought 2-3 and then once again a 1-4 against Newmanistan were enough to confirm Huayramarca as the 4^th placed side.

World Cup 88^th would prove to be an interesting situation for the team and fans overall, Huayramarca would have a rather forgettable first half of the qualifiers, with a 6-game winless streak that became a ballast enough to keep the team away from the Top-3 during the entire Qualifier. The team tried to revert the situation with strong performances that, pitifully, weren’t enough to qualify the team for the World Cup. A strong CoH and a decent CAFA helped to compensate.

Life may repeat some of their lessons if people doesn’t manage to learn from them, the Huayramarcan National Team enjoyed their best start ever in a World Cup Qualifier, nine goals for and one against in the four first matches, the team was displaying a defensive strength unknown for many fans, they continued the path by defeating Squornshelan Remnant States and Nephara in important matches. “It was too good for being real” said many fans, and Tumbra proved them right, as they grounded the Huayramarcans at the Estadio Nacional with a painful 0-3, so painful that marked a steady decline of the team for the second half, as the team got a succession of draws and defeats that sent them from the top of the table to the fifth place in a span of four matchdays. From that crisis, it is noteworthy the fact that Omar Caicedo used an alternative XI for the remainder of the cycle and shifted to a more offensive version of “El huayco,” that would prove to be effective for Cycle 90.

With Caicedo’s tenure in a limbo, he decided to take a game-changing decision after hiring Rodolfo Zelaya as an assistant coach; Zelaya’s a former footballer with significant decorations such as Champions Cup with two teams and reaching the World Cup Final twice. Despite being defeated at home by Valanora in the opener, a string of four clean sheets in the next five games would be decisive to consolidate Huayramarca as a contender in her group, then a quick succession of decisive results against Krytenia at home (3-2) and Valanora on the road (2-2) paved the way to keep the team fighting for the first place until the last matchday. Despite defeating Krytenia 1-0 on the road, the Vanorians won their last match and that meant that Huayramarca went to the playoffs, despite possessing the seventh best record of the qualifiers.

Facing Omerica in the playoffs was a tough affair, as they managed to salvage a horrid game when visiting the rivals, a 1-2 that proved to be oxygen for the second leg of the playoffs at Puerto San Carlos. An early goal from the Legend itself, Bryan Tello, and a strong defensive performance from The Condors forced the penalty kicks. The Huayramarcans and Omericans were scoring perfectly fine until the fifth round, where Juan Mamani decided to be the hero and saved the kick, sending Huayramarca to its first World Cup Finals.

El Huayco was now stronger than ever, and the World Cup highlighted it with statement results against Græntfjall (4-3 in debut) and the hosts, Vilita (1-0), despite being defeated by Pemecutan(3-4) and helped the team to reach the Round of 16. The hurdle in the knockouts proved to be the same as the Qualifiers, Valanora appeared for the third time in the cycle and demonstrated their experience with a sound 4-2 victory over The Condors, who did a great debut in the Multiversal Stage.

Said streak continued for the WC 91 Qualifier, one where despite having a bumpy start, Huayramarca managed to recompose things and propel themselves to the pack of nations fighting for automatic qualification, one featuring Sarzonia, Cassadaigua and Electrum. After being defeated by Electrum and Cassadaigua in a row, Huayramarca began an astonishing 15 game unbeaten run where they only conceded 15 goals and scored 48, including five straight clean sheets, even in critical matches where the Condors showed a magnificent performance. Revenge was sweet, defeating the Dagans at home, trouncing Electrum with a resounding 6-0 at Guayaquil (a NT record) and then a 2-0 win against Sarzonia propelled the Huayramarcan side to the top of their qualifier group. A draw against Magnecia complicated things as Sarzonia had a game in hand, Huayramarca had to keep the winning streak and they managed to do so, securing their automatic qualification against Ancherion in a dramatic fashion.

Back in the Group Stage of the World Cup, the Condors were trying to replicate the success achieved last year in the World Cup, not an easy task as they would face Farfadillis, Pasarga and Delaclava. Being defeated twice by narrow 3-2 scores, Huayramarca had to bid farewell to their hopes of replication, still, they had to avoid going with a zero on points, something they managed to do as they defeated Delaclava with a 4-3. Despite the outcome, the Condors were able to make a comeback in the cycle with a decent participation in CAFA 4, winning three matches and barely qualifying for the knockout stages; then, they defeated Legalese in a marathonic penalty kicks session and were edged out by the hosts, Ko-oren, with a 1-2 in extra time.

Anyways, Huayramarcan football stills being distinguishable on how prone are they to do long range shots, due that they are used to play at significant heights, the lack of oxygen may make the ball travel further without applying a lot of strength during the mechanics of kicking the football, that is known as the “Andean Effect” and may cause serious troubles for visiting sides on Huayramarca.

Without further ado, the starting XI and substitutes are presented in the following tables:

Starting Eleven

Substitutes

Summary


Nota bene: Only official matches are taken into consideration for current record, caps, and goals – Updated after CAFA 4.

Nickname: Los Cóndores (The Condors).
Current Record: 94-52-61 (W-D-L) – 207 matches played.
Most Caps: Gabriel Sayritupac (205).
Most Goals: Bryan Tello (150)
Biggest Win: 6-0 vs. Electrum / WC 91 Qualifiers, MD 16, @ Estadio Metropolitano del Guayas, Guayaquil
Most Important Matches:3-2 vs. Northwestern Kalactin / WC 87, MD 17, @ Estadio Olímpico del Oriente - That win secured Huayramarca a qualification for 
her first ever playoff.
1-0 vs. Omerica (5-4 PKs) / WC 90 Playoff,  second leg. @Estadio Marítimo, Puerto San Carlos – Huayramarca earned her first World Cup Qualification.
4-3 vs. Græntfjall / WC 90 Finals, MD 1, @Council Stadium, Tivali, Vilita – First Huayramarcan victory on World Cup Finals.
1-0 vs. Vilita / WC 90 Finals, MD 3, @Tivali Ring Stadiu, Alikki-Corra, Vilita – Winning the game meant qualification for Round of 16 for The Condors.

Biggest Defeat: 1-7 (vs. Equestria / AOCAF 61, MD 1)

Captain: Ian Mamani.
Second Captain: Bryan Tello.
Third Captain: Nicolás Allauca.
Most likely to score: Bryan Tello
Most likely to get red carded: Kevin Quispe.
Prone to get injuries: Gabriel Sayritupac.
The genius: Ian Mamani.
The motivating soul: Bryan Tello.
Goal Tune: Gol de Huayramarca ¡Carajo!

Manager: Omar Caicedo. (45) 
Assistant 1: Hazel van Robben. (50) 
Assistant 2: Rodolfo Zelaya. (39) 
Physio: Lautaro Huamán. (66) 
GK Trainer: Martín Zubeldía (48) 
Doctor: Luciano Zambrano. (58)

Team mentality: Huayramarcans, per se, are bold and quite diverse between the team due to the regional contrasts among them: You might note surnames such as: Condori, Mamani, Quispe, Sayritupac, etc. Those are Serrano surnames. Serranos as such are quite shy people with non-serranos, between them, great footballing societies may be made due to their complete understanding of each other, they are quite homogenous on how they act and may be predictable for each other. But, for the non-expert eye, Serranos are one on their kind and could result unpredictable for them, since they love to do things at fast pace between them, without doubt one could send 60 meters cross with complete confidence that they might find their teammate, with this, you can notice that Serranos are overconfident on themselves and somewhat dubious with Costeños and Selváticos. Other characteristic of Serranos is that they are quite easy to intimidate, being shy and short-sized doesn’t helps, but in that situation, they might opt to act even better than they do for the sake of shutting your mouth.

Costeños and Selváticos (jungle) in the other hand are confident with everybody, even if they might not receive the same treatment by their Serrano fellows. Those two groups conform the rest of the team and might do good societies on field, declining the quality of their chemistry when trying to connect with Serranos, due to the latter shy mood. Physically speaking, Costeño and Selváticos are people who boast being the tallest overall in the team.

Chemistry building has been somewhat complicated for this team during the five cycles they have competed together but has been a rather successful process that consolidated with the 79^th Cup of Harmony, the 88 ^th and 89 ^th World Qup Qualifiers, as they have been together as glue through high and lows. The regional divides topic is now outdated as the players have grown up significantly and have harnessed teamwork.

Although they work nicely as a team, there’s a moment when they can’t do that and that moment is when they have the goal in their sights, when they have a chance to score, they try to do their best to do it by themselves, even if that means avoid passing the ball to a better placed teammate, individualities have been surging from nowhere and this issue has costed valuable results for the team. This has been combated successfully by Caicedo and Zelaya.

To finish with this part, Huayramarca is that kind of team that may be overconfident sometimes, but if you press them to their limits, they might react in unsuspected ways, be those positive or negative for their interests, you don’t know what would happen in the Serrano, Costeño or Selvático mindset. As they do on the local league, they might try to do some antics to their rivals, be it: providing beer instead of water to their rivals, or the classiest one, giving distillated “ayahuasca” (vodka-like alcohol) and pass it like water and make their rivals be drunk, taking advantage of their influence to beat the rival team. Of course, they might not abuse of this resource, Serranos might ask Inti for it.

Game Scheme: Caicedo aims to use always a 4-2-3-1 scheme that he dubs it as “El huayco” (the mudslide) due to an analogy he made of his team with such a devastating natural phenomenon: “We aim to build a fast team, aiming to be unpredictable for the others while using our regional paradigms in our favour.

El Huayco is a style of play in which you look to win back the ball as soon as you lose it, and you try to win it back as high up the pitch as possible; that means you’re closing a lot to put pressure on the player that's just won the ball back.

The idea is that the player who just won the ball will be vulnerable and won't have time to think about his first pass. You just close him down to win the ball back quickly as high up the pitch as possible, and then you initiate a counterattack. You're already halfway there and ready to go past into space and score a goal.

You can also use this tactic to target specific weak players if you have noticed a weakness in a certain team. Central defenders or full backs aren't comfortable on the ball, and you can look to press and close certain individuals to try and make the most out of this game pressing style.

Caicedo has done some arrangements to this style considering the fate suffered during the World Cup 88 and 89 Qualifiers, as he now has pushed off the defensive lines closer the half of the pitch, being almost close with the midfielders’ line to exchange passes, reinforcing creation duties in the midfield and gaining extra protection in case the team losses the ball. The wingers have a protagonist role as they might venture more often in attacking duties, transforming their roles to be strikers when needed, so, Huayramarca has a 4-3-3 scheme at certain moments of the match to attack.

For the last purpose mentioned, Serranos are heavily important, they might be the analogue of a dog felling your fear and then attacking, they as collective love to use their different point of views and implement them as one while attacking, then fast passes and maybe a long-range shot may happen, especially if the team is playing on the highlands. If the team is playing on the coast or jungle, they might seek to control the ball and make the rival team run behind the ball for some time, to cause climatic exhaust on them, since coast and jungle are hot and terribly humid in this part of Anaia, so it may pose a real challenge for teams not used to play in such conditions.

To achieve Caicedo’s main goal, there are prerequisites for successful counter pressing. The decisive factor is the overall positioning of the team and their playing style right before attempting to counter press. The players must play as close to one another as possible so that they can press together as a unit right after the ball is lost – which is a given in short passing football. At the same time, they should not stick so close to one another that they neglect to cover enough space. This demands lots of stamina

Many teams also have problems deciding when to stop pressing, for example, when we stop pressing if we can’t win the ball back? When should we retreat? How long should you press and with how many players? This is particularly problematic because the position of the ball is always changing. Therefore, there is a theory created by Caicedo – the five second rule. Immediately after losing the ball the team should press at top speed and with maximum intensity for five seconds, if not possible, then switch to defence.

The Kits: Huayramarca’s social mindset is to aim for local consumption in the long term, hence the HFF decided to hire “eva Sportswear” to manufacture the kits for the national team. “eva” decided to take the ball out of the park with unique designs for Huayramarca, reflecting the national identity and adding up motivational phrases on them for mere sake of marketing. Those kits are based on the geography of this nation, from the coast to the highlands and jungle to promote a sense of national unity, especially on a stage that the national team might try to do something decent in their first World Cup Qualifiers venture.

As backgrounds, you might notice some spots that Huayramarca has to offer, such as Uyuni's salt lake with some astrophotography in it, Huayna Picchu's monument to Inti (Sun), Lake Quilotoa (an old volcano near the city of Tulcán), Puerto Odriozola at the San Carlos Islands, the Ojos del Salado Volcano with a lavender field and then, the second flag of the Plurinational Republic, the Wiphala, a representation of the old Incaic glory of Huayramarca and banner of the Aymara and Quechua nationalities.

“eva” decided to depict elements that provide sense of pride and national identification for Huayramarcans, no matter where they are from, those are universal icons of what Huayramarca is and its roots. Strong roots, legacy, and people forging their future with faith, pride, and hope.

Player’s description - Starting XI.

Nota bene: Caps considered after World Cup 91 Finals - For national purposes, friendlies are never taken into consideration for official registries.

N°1 - Juan Mamani - GK - 29 yrs - Team: Rülândéá Kôstä

- Height: 1.88 mts - Caps: 199 - Goals: 1

Mamani is an individual that believes he always is right, he tends to be creative when saving balls or creating ideas to take the ball forward, based so much in the fact that he is protective, spontaneous and loves to be independent in his actions, always a dependable guy. Currently, his mood is over the clouds as he was recently signed up by the Farf side of Rülândéá Kôstä, now Juan expects to have experience at the highest level possible and learn techniques that might help the Condors sometime. A curious fact is that he’s brother with the creative mid of this team, Ian Mamani. He has achieved a hero status among fans due to his decisive last penalty kick save in the shootout against Omerica in the World Cup 90^th in the second leg of the playoffs.

N°2 - Kevin Quispe - RCB - 24 yrs - Team: Farrenton Athletic

- Height: 1.75 mts - Caps: 200 - Goals: 7

An average guy in terms of intelligence that has no life plan, hence he left studies to make a living with football. He is very secretive, doesn't like even to tell his teammates what his next movement will be because he knows we will be wrong, Quispe has serious issues with anger management and may be rebellious, he is cold and ignores what the others might feel or think about him, he doesn't give a fu*k of anything. Anyways, he's in his best form so far with Farrenton Athletic, being nominated as one of the top defenders of the Euran League shows how his discipline and perseverance have taken him where he stands.

N°4 - Carlos Vilca - LFB - 30 yrs - Team: Valnohar Rovers FC

- Height: 1.78 mts - Caps: 198 - Goals: 12

Vilca exemplifies the stereotype of a Serrano, he is overly analytical and optimistic, with patience when a player might approach to him, he might take some minutes to make a mental profile of who he will face and how to block him in its right side. Despite being coordinated and loving to be the centre of attention, he loves to be quiet and solitary with his own personal code of conduct, he might be extremely fair while robbing balls and could try to be the surprise factor, since he tends to be a box-to-box player that loves to defend and also create offensive plays when possible. Right now, he’s in a great personal moment due to his critical role that helped Huayramarca to put a cohesive defence during the last World Cup Qualifier.

N°6 - Felipe Fernández - RFB - 28 yrs - Team: Vogsphere United

- Height: 1.85 mts - Caps: 201 - Goals: 10

Pipe, as known by his teammates is an extremely intelligent right fool back that adapts quite quickly to any situation he might face, he loves being orderly and hates mess. When playing, he is straight-forward and might argument with rivals, referee and even his teammates, he rarely praises others and values learning from experience. Said experiences have helped him to evolve into a solid stalwart for Omar Caicedo in the Huayramarcan defence, even helping to score few but decisive goals for the Condors against top rivals; now, he has been called up Vogsphere United from the Squornshelan Remnant States to defend the team, in what surely will be a great experience where Fernández will learn incredible lessons.

N°14 - Santiago Chumacero - LCB - 29 yrs - Team: FC Atahualpa

- Height: 1.81 mts - Caps: 201 - Goals: 16

Chumacero's perception of things might be out of this world, his mind might be steps forward the others and might help to anticipate to movements that may be done by the rival. For that purpose, he's always flexible, active and plays like he would be killed if he does a mistake, he's loyal with his team, faithful and gentle, hence he might be the motivator of the squad. Chumacero is an extremely dependable player, and it would be matter of time to see him departing from the Huayramarcan Liga 1 for a better place, as his athletic capabilities are too big to stagnate in an amateur-ish league.

N°17 - Orlando Mina - CM - 26 yrs - Team: Montréal Koreana

- Height: 1.95 mts - Caps: 199 - Goals: 13

One of the two defensive mid of the team and, for sure, one of the best in the multiverse in his position, being the classical Costeño out there, Mina is the tallest and strongest player of the squad. Mina's attitude is being original and stubborn, giving you classical Costeño vibes, consistent in his performance and devoted to God, he cares a lot about what he does, since he tries always to correct his mistakes and not suffering on them, instead, he uses them as feedback to improve his game and abilities. Mina's a notable example on how one can benefit from football, as he helped his mother who was fired from his job when he joined to the Condors and turned her into a real estate tycoon by providing her savings. His mood is extremely positive as of now by the fact of being a key player in Montréal Koreana, a team that made it far in the last IFCF Champions' League.

N°11 - Ian Mamani - CF - 26 yrs - Team: Workers Union

- Height: 1.65 mts - Caps: 200 - Goals: 36

The youngest of the Mamani brothers in this team, along with Juan, Ian has what Juan might lack sometimes, creativity and brightness, although they play in various positions and roles in the team. This creative mid and captain of the team is one of the grandiose things among this team, a fast-paced and fussy person with lots of potential, euphoria that drives him to perform as what he can do, being the best of the entire nation in his role. Large crosses are his specialty, including long-range shots when playing on the highlands. Right now, his euphoria level has increased a lot, considering he got called to play at the Workers Union of Eura, the fact of being called captain and being on the international TV screen for WCQ and weekend matches that any random Huayramarcan broadcast fills him with motivation.

N°8 - Nicolás Allauca - CF – 31 yrs - Team: Winnipeg United

- Height: 1.80 mts - Caps: 201 - Goals: 23

Nico was a bus driver until the last three weeks prior to WC 85 Qualifiers, when he decided to enter to the amateur football world of Huayramarca, he was in luck that Caicedo watched him plat and fell in love on how he performed. Allauca is spontaneous and may not like to do training, he is a fast-moving and extremely practical (hates theories) defensive mid, that may mutate to a second creative mid with Ian Mamani and has also a decent capability to score goals while going to attack. After having a discrete performance in Chromatika, now he moves to Québec's Winnipeg United, where he expects to keep up the tone as he does with the National Team.

N°7 - Abraham Mendoza - LF - 27 yrs - Team: Ogroven Vanguardi FK

- Height: 1.63 mts - Caps: 200 - Goals: 19

Nicknamed “El Ingeniero” The smallest of the entire team, Mendoza is a mentally strong individual who loves to work hard, play hard and be a strong leader inside the team in terms of order. A competent but realistic player who may not be spectacular while playing on the wings, but pragmatical and effective when achieving his purposes. On his personal life he is the best positioned of all the group, since he just graduated in Industrial Engineering at the Huayramarcan Technical University with a deserved "summa cum laude", so no matter what happens, he could get a decent job position in any Huayramarcan enterprise to optimize their processes. You might notice how Abraham's personal discipline is, and this is shown even to football, where he tries to compliment weaknesses that he may have as his height, but he tries to compensate with decent body-building routines. He might not be a prolific scorer for the standards of a winger, but he has at least a 35% of assists for the total of Huayramarcan goals scored during the Qualifiers, hence, somebody to take care of.

N°21 - Gabriel Sayritupac - RF - 27 yrs - Team: Atletik Thessia

- Height: 1.75 mts - Caps: 205 - Goals: 77

Sayri as he's known by many people in his native Tulcán (near the Québécois-Huayramarcan border) is an artistic person in all senses of his life. Usually, he makes a living by painting portraits of people visiting the Chimborazo National Forest Reserve, sometimes working on a local brewery, or doing football for fun. He doesn't stands being alone and might be that easy-going Serrano (which is weird, if we come to think it). He has genetic problems that makes him quite prone to injuries, and when those occur, Sayri decides to get inebriated to let frustration go away. An artistical winger, lover of uncertainty and mess that makes him be either the best or cause problems to settle where he plays. As of now, he has managed to find its way on the Tikariot Premier League, something that has gave him that precious self-confidence back to his soul.

N°21 - Bryan Tello - ST - 32 yrs - Team: Metropolis Alligators

- Height: 1.86 mts - Caps: 201 - Goals: 150

A decently heighted Costeño as forward is always a neat solution for your goal needs, with good pace, stride, and physic abilities Tello is what every team may need for up front. He's factual since he studied Philosophy at the University of Cumbayá, a committed and self-confident man who might be extremely traditional to his striker role, he might seek for space to go front, use his strength and move towards the goal. Tello is a strong leader among the shadows of the Huayramarcan national team, an outgoing and straight-forward person that could sometimes aggressive since he's prone to be insensitive. Despite that he is the Legend of the team, the striker that is at the right place and moment to push the ball against the net, something that has helped him retain his position as stellar striker of Metropolis Alligators in the Valladar Liga-1.

Substitutes:

Nota bene: In order to have a deeper understanding of Huayramarcan players, take in consideration the following list of personalities for the substitutes. Take time, if you wish, to read the substitute players list posted again down here and follow the order of said list. The first player on this list, has his mindset reflected in the left of the first row, the second in the right of the first row and so on until the last one:

Useful Information and Stadia:
You might want to check some maps, as Huayramarca is quite a massive country in terms of surface and distances. Click here for a Biome Official Map and here for a Cities Official Map.

Before introducing the stadia, there’s some handy information for away fans who might visit Huayramarca. As said before, this nation has a quite complex geography and some long distances to travel for away fans, since there are four international airports: Huayramarca International Airport, located near Huayramarca Metropolitan District at the highlands; the Jorge Guerra International Airport in Lima, on the coast; the International Airport of the Archipelago on Puerto San Carlos (isles) and the Libertador Suárez International Airport of Sechura (jungle). Those airports might provide you with connections for other destinations such as Guayaquil, San Ignacio de la Frontera and Nauta if you want to travel safely. If you are a risk taker and lover of adventure, rent an AWD vehicle and go up mountains or driving through them which is a complete odyssey due to the risks caused by the Andean geography itself, or the safe-to drive-coasts or through the jungle, which can be desolated to drive in case of mechanic failure.

People in Huayramarca might be passional about football pretty much everywhere, but more hostile when you go down the mountains, driving to the coast. Down there, if people don’t attack you, weather might do due to the offensive humidity, mosquitoes and heat that may occur there. In Lima, despite being in the coast, the weather is mild and great to play football, but there might be some sandstorms due to the deserts located south of said city. Coastal teams usually play at afternoon, when humidity may suffocate those not used to deal with it.

Same happens at the jungle, but the mosquito issue multiplies thousand-fold, also as humidity caused by constant rains that pass there in their transit to the highlands. Water absorption made by trees cause severe issues with an extremely humid weather, hence jungle teams decide to play often at noon, to torture rival teams.

On the Sierra things get worse since the main problem up there is respiration. For a physical activity like football, people might need some weeks to acclimatize altitude and get an efficient breathing pattern that might supply their physical effort needs. Several cities are above the 2500 masl, even the capital city, which is located at 4000 masl, it doesn’t matter at which time they decide to play, if a team isn’t acclimatized, they will even faint during the game if they don’t have with them oxygen tanks to breathe before the game or if they don’t get some treatment into a hyperbaric chamber.

Stadia are distributed to have a distribution as equal as possible for regions, considering that there will be ten local games at Huayramarca, Sierra, Costa and Selva will receive three matches each one and one in the Isles. Each region will receive a high tier rival and then a randomized sort of two other teams in other matchdays. You might contact the Huayramarcan Football Federation (OOC: TG me or shout me at Discord!) in case of more information or solving some needs for your team and fans.

Sierra:

Estadio Nacional de Huayramarca - Capacity: 45,500 - Huayramarca Metropolitan District.

Tenants: Ministry of Culture and Sports of Huayramarca.
Built in: 1968.
Altitude: 4,012 meters above sea level.
Local teams: Illimani FC, Real Ebriedad, Huayramarcan National Team.
Data: Built in 1968, the Estadio Nacional is the jewel in the not so well-shaped crown of the Huayramarcan sport venues, an Olympic stadium that might be a nightmare for visiting teams due to the altitude and weather of the city, which tends to be somewhat hostile every day, even more if it's played at noon due to the sun's radiation at that altitude. Despite being an Olympic stadium, people tend to set significant pressure in it, especially from the neighbouring apartment blocks which tends to be crowded for the matches being held there (they might aim lasers from there, take care!).

Also, the walls near the dressing room have curious messages as such: "Welcome to Huayramarca D.M. At 4,000 meters above sea level "is one of the first things the visiting teams will read upon entering the dressing room, perhaps to make clear the conditions to which they will be subjected throughout the game. It is still intimidating the following warning that is issued when they leave the visiting dressing room "Caution, if you have the following symptoms: Headache, vertigo, fatigue, tachycardia, nausea or vomiting, wheezing, dyspnoea or inappetence, go to the medical staff, we are at your disposal."

Will host:
MD 2: vs Soldera - 20:05 - Windy, 0°C.

Estadio de la Revolución - Capacity: 40,000 - San Ignacio de la Frontera, Cajamarca.

Tenants: Ministry of Culture and Sports of Huayramarca.
Built in: 1985.
Altitude: 2,325 meters above sea level.
Local teams: Audax Cajamarca, Huayramarcan National Team.
Data: The Ministry of Culture and Sports has decided to revamp the sporting infrastructure across Huayramarca to promote football among young people and form, in a near future, a strong Huayramarcan National Team. To fulfil said promise stadia were built in significant places in Huayramarca, San Ignacio de la Frontera is one of those sometimes-forgotten outposts of the nation yet relevant for trading with its neighbouring Mertagne in the eastern side of the Highlands. Home of Audax Cajamarca, this stadium promises to offer one of the most interesting fan scenes in the nation, as people are more enthusiastic than other places in Huayramarca, considering the heavy influence that Mertagnian football has caused in this place.

Not as high as another venues in terms of altitude, the 2,325 meters above sea level isn't a cipher that should be underestimated, to the contrary, it's still a problematic altitude for teams that aren't used to it, especially on ball shooting and breathing conditions. This stadium is the only one in Huayramarca that uses turf as ground to play, something that could cause issues with visiting teams and Huayramarcans that might not be used to play here.

Will host:
MD 21: vs Coconut Isle - 17:00, -2°C. Sleet.

Estadio de la Universidad Nacional del Altiplano - Capacity: 24,000 – El Alto.

Tenants: Universidad Nacional del Altiplano.
Built in: 1986.
Altitude: 4,525 meters above sea level.
Local teams: Club Universitario del Altiplano, Club Atlético Always Ready, Huayramarcan National Team.
Data: Behold to what is one of the highest (if not the highest) stadium in the Multiverse. Huayramarcans are known for their impressive resilience to high altitudes, and this is a significant example, El Alto is a satellite city of Huayramarca D.M. and home of half a million people that’s located at a highly elevated portion of the Altiplano (4500 m.a.s.l. average). A working-class city, characterised for being the entry point for people settling from the rural areas and the gateway for students into the metropolitan life, El Alto can also prove to be a hostile field as it’s hard to adapt and settle in such conditions.

Home of Club Universitario del Altiplano and Club Atlético Always Ready, this stadium has not been created for the sake of torturing rivals, instead, for the popularity of the sport among the inhabitants of El Alto. People are usually thirsty for sports after a tough day, as people usually work under extenuating labour conditions, hence this is an authentic kettle set to explode in support for the local team.

Will host:
MD 7: vs Euran Oceania Territories - 22:15, -2°C. Cloudy skies.

Selva:

Estadio Olímpico del Oriente - Capacity: 26,000 - Sechura.

Tenants: MuniSechura.
Built in: 1945.
Altitude: 560 meters above sea level.
Local teams: Sociedad Petrolera, Huayramarcan National Team.
Data: One of the biggest stadia in Huayramarca, the main hub of sports in the Jungle region is located at Sechura, a city of about 300,000 inhabitants which serves as logistical hub for operations of rubber production and for explorations into the dense jungle nearby. Sociedad Petrolera is a modest Liga 1 side, but one that tends to attract ticket sell outs every game, since people in that region tends to be quite enthusiastic of football in order to forget they’re not so good daily life. At that city, one should take care of humidity, which tends to be quite strong at times, hence teams usually play there on afternoon or night, since heat might be something difficult to stand even for locals.

Will host:
MD 16: vs Pasarga - 15:00 – Cloudy skies, 33°C.

Estadio Provincial de Nauta - Capacity: 16,000 - Nauta.

Tenants: Autoridad Deportiva de Nauta.
Built in: 1985.
Altitude: 1,725 meters above sea level.
Local teams: Sporting Nauta, Huayramarcan National Team.
Data: Located in the high-elevation jungle, a biome located between 1,500 and 2,000 meters above sea level, Nauta is considered by many as the gateway to the Huayramarcan jungle, as it is the most populated town (255,000) in a desolated strip of 1,200 km of road that connects to Sechura (the fourth largest city of Huayramarca). Anyways, part of a wave of stimuli from the Government towards Football, Nauta got awarded a new venue for their local second division team and, potentially, a home for future matches of The Condors, which will be a reality in this World Cup Qualifier. Inspired in shells found at the shores of the river Nanay (which divides the city in two), this stadium reflects the local identity of the Nautans, people dedicated mostly to fishing activities.

This might be the calmest venue of the seven that Huayramarca will provide for this World Cup Qualifier, but don’t take it for granted that will be easy; mosquitos and weather will also play its match in Huayramarca, and this is not an exception.

Will host:
MD 19: vs Montaña Verde - 18:30 - Rainy, 26°C.

Estadio Municipal de Pando - Capacity: 18,000 - Pando.

Tenants: Autoridad Deportiva de Pando.
Built in: 1986.
Altitude: 150 meters above sea level.
Local teams: Asociación Deportiva Vaca Díez, Club ABH, Huayramarcan National Team.
Data: Pando is located just in the outskirts of the burgeoning city of Brigadier Echeandía, part of the well-known “Cocoa Axis” serving as a gateway to some of the best plantations of cocoa in Anaia. As part of the massive development that the Huayramarcan Selva is having due to oil and cocoa, the Autoridad Deportiva de Pando decided to invest in building a significant stadium for two of the strongest and most popular clubs of the Department such as Vaca Díez and ABH, hence it was built with savings coming from taxation of those two lucrative activities.

The environment could be relaxed compared to other venues in Huayramarca, fans there tend to be supportive but more as a hobby rather than a passion… But there’s no certainty on how this could change with the Huayramarcan National Team visiting their lands.

Will host:
MD 9: vs The Republic of Covelandia - 19:00 - Rainy, 26°C.

Costa:

Estadio Metropolitano del Guayas - Capacity: 62,000 - Guayaquil.

Tenants: Autoridad Guayaquileña de Deportes.
Built in: 1980.
Altitude: 15 meters above sea level.
Local teams: Guayaquil Wanderers, Barcelona Sporting Club, Huayramarcan National Team.
Data: A kettle pot, that's the definition for the biggest stadium in all of Huayramarca. "El Metropolitano" is the most recently built stadium in the nation and will make the debut for international football in Huayramarca. Hosts two teams and the fan atmosphere in Guayaquil is one of the most intimidatory ones in the multiverse, fans throwing you stones while receiving, throwing flares, extremely noisy people all around and the incredibly hot and humid weather that dominates the city may be lethal for some teams when trying to visit. Rescuing a tie from here may be considered something great, since you survived the "Guayaco" hell. Hence that, teams often love to play at the afternoon, specially at 3:00 P.M. to squeeze out the rivals in exhaust.

Will host:
MD 14: vs Acastanha - 14:30 – Cloudy skies, 34°C.

Estadio Olímpico Universitario - Capacity: 55,000 Lima.

Tenants: Universidad Nacional Mayor de Santa Cecilia.
Built in: 1955.
Altitude: 430 meters above sea level.
Local teams: Club Universitario.
Data: Imagine a venue packed of people that has just finished their daily classes, people thirsty to watch football and leave aside, for a moment, their daily academic stress. That’s the most accurate depiction of the Estadio Olímpico Universitario, a 55,000-seater venue that will host, for the first time, the Huayramarcan National Team. This is the second largest stadium of Huayramarca, and it’s known for being built in a way that optimizes acoustics, so fans could be noisier than they really are during their fireworks receiving of the local team. To include more communities into the sport, the HFF has considered to include this venue (and the city of Lima) for this WCQ to see more local identity during the matches.

Will host:
MD 4: vs Eastfield Lodge - 17:00 – Sunny, 24°C.

Estadio Departamental de Tarapacá - Capacity: 16,000 Alto Hospicio.

Tenants: Municipalidad de Alto Hospicio.
Built in: 1974.
Altitude: 12 meters above sea level.
Local teams: Deportes Tarapacá.
Data: Located in the southern portion of the Huayramarcan coast, Alto Hospicio is one of the most significant ports of Huayramarca, also an important part in football culture for the local fans by being the cradle of the Copa Huayramarca, the most prestigious tournament of the country. Fans in the stadium tend to be noisy and rowdy, except hostility and even insulting chants from them, as “Hospiceños” tend to be known in Huayramarca as the most foul-mouthed folks in Huayramarca

Will host:
MD 12: vs Ganes Ame - 20:05 – Clear skies, 12°C.

Isles:

My opponent, if they RP first, may do the following:

    Godmod scoring events: N.
    RP injuries to my players: Y - Contact me first, so we can agree.
    Godmod injuries to my players: Y - Contact me first as well.
    Give red cards to my players: Y – Max 3 per match.
    Godmod other events: Y – Contact me, so we can agree.

    Style Modifier: +4.30

Nota Bene: Do not RP a pandemic on Huayramarcan soil nor involve any of my players on it.

by **Guanacasteca** » Sat Sep 24, 2022 10:22 pm

Federación de Fútbol de la República Guanacasteca

Official Roster for the 92^nd World Cup

About República Guanacasteca: Unformally known as Guanacasteca, a word coming from the indigenous Huétar language “Place with abundance of ear-shaped trees”, the ear-shaped also is a nickname due to the fruit that said three produces. This Republic is located on the tropics of Rushmore, a zone with a pleasant weather all year-round that is composed by remnants of older civilizations that were left forgotten and decided to learn foreign languages and traditions in shame of their own culture.

It might sound harsh, but some people of the tribal alliance we know as Guanacasteca decided to venture into neighboring nations, learned some customs and decided to import those to the region they have been living for centuries. This process provoked some instability among the borders of the modern-day republic, creating two well-differentiated zones that decided to gather forces in order to survive into what they considered to be a “rather volatile” region. Currently, Guanacasteca is living its 200th anniversary of formation (2021), after spending a turbulent history that has, somehow, forged what this nation is until today.

For more understanding, its needed to go back to the days of the foundation, specifically to 1841, where the more traditionally leaning Northern Half of Guanacasteca decided to learn to a more conservative government in fears of having a turmoil that would cause disruption into the accommodated elite of the new nation. Said threats were coming from the Southern Half of the Republic, a zone that has always leaned towards a more progressive ideal of life, aiming for wealth redistribution and equality rather than the privileges that the Northerners desired to keep. This divide caused turbulence during most of the century, where the government changed hands at least ten times.

Those government changes were pacific or bloody at times. The bloodiest of those times was in 1854, when the Progressive Party of Guanacasteca suffered a coup from the Conservative Party elite, in a complot with a random group of pirates who visited Guanacasteca frequently in order to exchange goods, specially tabaco and bananas for other nations. The pirates were frustrated on how the Progressives were boycotting their illegal trade via blockades or alliances with neighboring nations trying to eradicate that undesired practice. The pirate led offensive ended in a purge of the government, killing Manuel Otero González, a president known for reforming several key aspects of Guanacasteca that continue to be present on the Constitution, since those were stony clauses, some of those hindered the desires of the elite of the Republic and forces them to pay high taxes each year as a way of wealth redistribution.

That mindset divide has marked the existence of this Republic for its entire history, being a key to understand what happens in the nation, not only in terms of politics but also including essential aspects of life such as life standards, expectancy, income, wealth, etc. The Northern Half of the República Guanacasteca has been mostly focused into agrarian-related activities, more dependent on strength and boasts a highly militarist ideal when it comes to try imposing what they do to the Southern Half. Meanwhile, the Southern side is a more open-minded place, which boasts higher life standards and more investment from abroad, also, they focus more in producing technological goods, they consider themselves as the visionaries of the nation, while they consider the Northerners as the backward people, the ballast that impedes Guanacasteca to reach a better economic position among their neighbors.

Among the 10 million inhabitants of the Republic, 6 million of them live in the 17 provinces that compose the Northern Half, while 4 million lives in the 7 provinces of the Southern Half of the nation. At a glance, life expectancy is higher at the South by 6 years, as they get a 77-year expectancy of life while the Northerners only get 71. The reason of such a drastic difference is criminality, the Northern provinces are characterized for being extremely violent, mostly due to the lack of real opportunities on said zone, also due to drug trafficking issues, as they fight to gather control of the Southern Corridor, a portion of the southernmost provinces that is known for drug production.

During the last years, Guanacasteca is turning into a boiler due to the constant discrimination exerted from the Southerners to their Northern pairs, also a corrupt Socialist Front of Guanacasteca (Northern) party that has nested themselves in pretty much any political institution of the nation and tries to impose themselves against the Southern more progressive ideal for a society.

So, currently, Guanacasteca is a nation with profound divides and clashes in political and social terms, and they are close to have a fate changing election soon that could settle the power of the Socialist Front of Guanacasteca or the Progressives could retake the reigns of the nation and drive it to their ideals as they have pretty much struggled during the last 200 years. Future looks somber, but there’s nothing to discard in the current panorama of this nation, since it’s extremely unpredictable, a chaos to resume it better.

Quick Facts

Official Name: República Guanacasteca - The Guanacastecan Republic.
Motto: Dios, Patria, Libertad (God, Motherland, Freedom)
National Anthem: ¡Salve Oh Patria!. – Lyrics
Capital City: Nicoya.
Highest Point: Cerro Providencia (3,750 masl)
Currency: Peso Guanacasteco (P$ 1 = N$ 0.20)
Official Language: Spanish.

Guanacastecan Football History: Football has been considered, for long, a scapegoat for the people of the Guanacastecan Republic as a scapegoat for the daily life torture that means to be an inhabitant of this country. The Primera División Guanacasteca, a tournament that comprises twenty teams from across the nation has a somewhat lackluster infrastructure, especially on northern teams. The fanbase of the sport is considerably strong, as it’s also a way to express social differences between halves, specially from southerners that have kept a strong control of the league for the last half of a century, winning 45 out of the last 50 editions of Primera División football, that superiority has formed more regionally focused rivalries, as the northerner fans argue that their southern counterparts have teams plagued with dirty money coming from narcotic-related activities.

The Federación Guanacasteca de Fútbol, the ruling entity of the sport in the nation, has decided to step up and build a project for a national team that may represent, in an equal proportion, northerners and southerners to create national unity and backup towards the upcoming events that they want to introduce this team, namely: Copa Rushmorí, Baptism of Fire and World Cup 90 Qualifiers. They don’t know the outcome, but there’s some hopes that a decent participation could be obtained, keeping that ideal on sight, they decided to elect the very best that the Guanacastecan Primera Division has to offer, also being managed by a somewhat experienced manager coming from Yuezhou in the shape of Han Ruoyang may help.

Han has managed strong teams back at his home nation, Beian City, an upper table side who likes teams that are defensively solid, play as a team, and supply enough solidity for a deep-lying playmaker to work his magic from the center-back spot. This system has deep implications in Han’s football cosmovision of things, as he flourished under said scheme during his player career. Pretty much this fits as a finger ring for the Guanacastecan team, as the league tends to depend heavily on defending, counterattacking abilities and a great sense of footballing solidarity between players.

Accompanying Han, we have Francisco Mamani, a Huayramarcan assistant coach that left his position as manager in Club Atlético Lima to venture himself into the fascinating world of national team football. Mamani, as Han, share the ideals of having a defensive minded football scheme, focusing on solidarity and discipline before creativity and free reign of the players on the pitch.

Contrary to popular belief, the FGF is rather organized and has some economical muscle that tries to translate into decent results in football, to forge themselves a name into the multiversal national team ranks and fulfill, the Guanacastecans, with something they might be proud to boast for once in their chaotic lives. Before the master plan begins, the upcoming Copa Rushmori might be a test ground to see what needs to be improved and what can be worked more to get into the waters of World Cup action with the Baptism of Fire.

Without further ado, the starting XI and substitutes are presented in the following tables:

Starting XI

Substitutes

Kits

Tailored by eva Sports of Huayramarca.

Summary


Nota bene: Only official matches are taken into consideration for current record, caps, and goals – Updated after Copa Rushmorí 40.

Nickname: Los Cerdos (The Pigs).
Current Record: 14-16-22 (W-D-L) 
Most Caps: 11 players tied at 52.
Most Goals: Sean Fuller (12)
Biggest Win: República Guanacasteca 4-0 Rhubarbton - Baptism of Fire 77, Matchday 6.
Biggest Defeat: Cassadaigua 3-0 República Guanacasteca - World Cup 90 Qualifiers, Matchday 6.

Captain: David Monterroza 
Second Captain: Dylan Orellana.
Third Captain: Ricardo Linton.
Most likely to score: Sean Fuller
Most likely to get red carded: Alfonso Rosas.
Prone to get injuries: Israel Góndola.
The genius: David Monterroza.
The motivating soul: Rodrigo Marín.
Goal Song: ¡Gol de Guanacasteca!

Manager: Ruoyang Han. (51) 
Assistant 1: Francisco Mamani. (44) 
Physio: Christian Salvatierra. (28) 
GK Trainer: Bryan Centeno. (37) 
Doctor: Claudia Ortega. (54)

Usual Starting XI Tactical Scheme

Formation: 5-3-2 - AKA: The Gripper.
Style modifier: -3

A 5-3-2 seems utterly defensive at first glance, but as it was said before, take it for granted when it comes to the real Guanacastecan way of football. Han manages a team, as disciplined as he loves, that aims to solidarity work between teammates while defending and, also, while trying to do a counterattack. In this scheme, defensive solidness is secured, as flexibility to cover zones is provided on both sides, since the three centre backs can perfectly support their wing backs, giving two or three players to cover a zone when needed, also concentrating a lot of units as reserves in case the rival manages to sort out the pressure caused on wings, although, it may be easy to break if you force the center backs to move some meters and gather forwards in order to find up a hole and use it to your favor.

Orellana and Venegas may, sometimes, incorporate themselves to the midfield, turning the scheme into a 3-4-1-2, their labor can be: Wide-up the game, to serve as a distraction to the rival midfield or work as paredes(Literally: Walls), in order to ease up transitional movements to attack, this movements makes Calderón switch his role to destruction duties, often implying to play in a rude way, in order to recover the ball and distribute for a swift counterattack, Marín also switches role to play-maker, orchestrating plays and usually coupling up with Linton in said duty, although, Linton may serve 80% of times as a false nine, gravitating 25-30 meters away from goal, in order to reduce the amount of players in the final quarter of the rival, Linton uses his speed and often goes solo or couples with either Ingram or Fuller in order to arrive to the area and strike to goal or serve a pass to his couple on attack, being he, a key in the attack due to his speed and superb sense of position.

Sometimes, large crosses might be sent by Orellana or Venegas to Ingram or Fuller, considering that both have a nice aerial control of the ball, often resulting in a header pass to the other winger or the nearest teammate, serving it in a great position to finish with a goal. In set pieces, Monterroza and Marín are the men in charge to kick, Marín focuses on crosses to the box, while Monterroza takes advantage of being ambidextrous and shoots from wherever he has the chance, usually direct to goal with great finesse, enough to put the rival defenders and goalkeeper in problems, also, Orellana looms as a third choice executor, due to his powerful shot. Penalties are taken by Orellana or Góndola being the latter known for shooting without mercy in terms of power, being the classical defender taking a penalty kick, though, there's a risk he might sent it close to stratosphere when he fails (So, warn the satellites when Góndola kicks a ball!)

Analyzing the behavior of the offensive zone, Linton excels by the merit of being the brain of the team, with a logical insight of the game, adding up that he's perfectionist by nature, so it's expected that he would try the impossible to the point of complicating himself when on need or having advantage. Fuller is full (might sound redundant) of potential, deemed to be the big thing in Guanacastecan football, he's always alert of who's having the ball, his characteristics, and movements, hence he's the ideal person to lead pressing tasks on the opposition's defence, since he likes to predict movements due to his methodical thinking on corporal movements. While Ingram might be a sinner in terms of overconfidence and arrogance, yet he's a polite and disciplined attacker, a hater of mess by nature, doesn't like to leave loose ends while attacking, prefers to finish plays by himself or being the key orchestrator in order to make sure the play has his seal of quality (Thus, demonstrating his self-righteousness.)

On the midfield, Marín is dramatic by nature, and his risk-taking attitude means that he's prone to simulate fouls, even if blatant exaggeration is needed to gain a set pieces and re-order the team to create an attacking chance. Monterroza, the captain, is having a great personal moment, he's currentlly ecstatic for being called to the Guanacastecan National Team, he has been rated as a second-tier player, but now, he's feeling he has shut down some mouths. He's creative and practical, his great vision of the game makes him to pull out of his sleeve good plays, especially, ideas on how to manage the tempo of the game and a good capacity to decide the perfect moment to unleash an attacking initiative or keeping the ball on the defensive zone to generate a better chance in the next seconds, and this is usual from him despite being a defender.

At defense, Orellana is the classic risk taker, his corpulence helps him in order to establish is own rules while defending, he's blunt, rude, aggressive and a lover of taunting rivals, usually a guy that likes to mock others by height issues, his mission: Take the players out of his minds and provoke a card that might condition them for the rest of the game; he's the lover of the dirty job, a guy that always defines himself as anti-system. Marín is the team's self-proclaimed "Asistente Motivador" (Motivating Coach) due to his optimistic attitude in basically any circumstance, pushing the team to give their best, despite they could be down some goals or winning, his mentality is basically a carbon-copy of Mr. Han's ideal of being resilient to the game circumstances, yet not leaving things loose; on the field, he's known by being cautious and analytical in movements, hence he's some kind of last resort together with González. Venegas doesn't thinks twice, he acts and takes risks while defending, although he's not as rude as Orellana, he often sweeps violently, but with good timing, he has earned his reputation as a decent winger, with good offensive projection, even while being attacked constantly. Góndola and Rosas loves to grab all the flashlights with their defending style, the kind of players called caballeros del fútbol (football gentlemen), known for playing fair, obeying rules and being rarely carded by his attitude on the field, they're loyal, perfectionists and harsh with themselves when he commits errors. When it comes to Rosas, he also is an ambitious and adaptive defender, that according to the circumstances, decides to attack or recover balls, he's flexible and rational, being this somewhat prejudicial since he loves to overthink moves.

And the goalkeeper, González is another creative guy, harshly critical with himself, a lover of living the moment and, an attention magnet and a cold-blooded person. González tends to be excessively spectacular while saving shots, though, effective on it, since he tries to avoid at all costs a situation that might put him negatively into the flashlights of media, or even worse, lead him to self-punishment; González is good to handle the ball with his feet (Ambidextrous), his ability and attempts to do the insane may lead him to even attempt to dribble forwards in order to give a pass to the defenders or who he considers able to conduct a swift transition to the offense, this makes us consider that he loves to take risks, provided that he has some experience as field player before, since his career started as a midfielder, thing that he remembers and usually does while relaxing after training with his teammates, hence, he knows the risks and consequences of being insane on his business as keeper.

The Venues

Northern Region:

Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino - Capacity: 27,000 - Estelí.

Tenants: National Sports Institute.
Built in: 1960.
Altitude: 1100 meters above sea level.
Local teams: AFC Real Estelí
Data: The largest stadium in the República Guanacasteca and, for those who love calm environments, this will the place they will hate the most in their lives. The fans in this stadium provide the most intimidating atmosphere in the whole Republic with their chants, jeering and frequent use of pyrotechnics. This stadium is known for having severe security breaches that can cause fans to infiltrate to the dressing rooms or even into the field; there has been instances of fans threatening the rival team during the half time of matches when results aren't the best for the local side, to the point that those rivals prefer to abandon the match to avoid further escalation. If you visit this stadium, make sure to provide your own security team as the local police won't collaborate, even they will lead those fans to threat you. Don't forget to pray your deity if you leave the premises in one piece!

Will host:
MD 3: vs Ochre Islands - 20:00 - Rainy, 22°C.
MD 8: vs Flavovespia - 15:00 - Sunny, 31°C.
MD 10: vs Mertagne - 15:00 - Sunny, 34°C
MD 13: vs Zwangzug - 21:00 - Clean skies, 20°C
MD 18: vs Jeruselem - 15:00 - Sunny, 35°C
MD 22: vs Togonistan - 21:00 - Clean skies, 23°C

Southern Region:

Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino - Capacity: 27,000 - Estelí.

Tenants: Deportivo Tibás.
Built in: 1985.
Altitude: 950 meters above sea level.
Local teams: Deportivo Tibás
Data: The best stadium to play football in the República Guanacasteca is, of course, home of the best team that the Primera División Guanacasteca has to offer, Deportivo Tibás. Located at the city of Tibás, not too far away from the bustling lights and economic powerhouse of San José, this stadium is the complete opposite when it comes to cleanliness and security if we compare to the Tiburcio Carías Andino previously described; despite that, fans are extremely noisy and passionate in this part of the country, pyro is still the king and then might even throw drums from the supporters group (The so feared Saprissa's Tribune) to the field in order to attack a linesman if he is working "in the wrong way". Home of the Guanacastecan Football Museum, this is the place to be if you want to know more about the República Guanacasteca and its football legends, also has some VIP bars and common public restaurants that will make you enjoy a great moment visiting it.

Will host:
MD 1: vs Hopal - 20:00 - Rainy, 17°C.
MD 6: vs Delaclava- 15:00 - Sunny, 27°C.
MD 10: vs Britland - 20:00 - Foggy, 18°C
MD 15: vs Civia Welephilostopia - 20:00 - Rainy, 16°C
MD 20: vs Efnakia - 20:00 - Rainy, 21°C

I Give My Opponent Permission To:
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Choose My Goalscorers:        Y
Godmod Goalscoring Events:    Y (TG or contact on Discord)
Injure Players:               Y (TG or contact on Discord)
Godmod Injury Events:         N
Red Card Players:             Y (Max: 3)
Yellow Card Players:          Y (Max: 11)
Godmod Other Events:          Y (TG or contact on Discord)

Style Modifier: -3

Extra Notes: Do not RP a pandemic nor involve any of my characters on it.
Covid-19 doesn't exist in República Guanacasteca.
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by **Togonistan** » Sat Sep 24, 2022 10:57 pm

General Information:

Head coach: Toma Maiava
Captain: Luca Faleta
Home stadium: Tushlark Stadium
Home colors: Yellow
Away colors: Red

Formation: 5-3-2
Style: -3

Roster:

#	Pos	Name	       	                Home Club
1	GK	Afu Ahoeito		 	Incendia United
20	GK	Uyeno Bunrakuken		Hwoarang Shoguns
21	GK	Eli Baxter-Latuna		Tushlark Superstars
2	DF	Romy Hunda		 	Incendia United
3	DF	Luca Faleta (c)		 	Tushlark Superstars
4	DF	Rai Kamakiwole		 	FC Pegasus
5	DF	Jeb Delafi		 	FC Power
6	DF	Haunui Etera		 	Incendia United
7	DF	Mataio Pulefaasisina		FC Brigadiers
8	DF	Ryu Si-U		 	Hwoarang Shoguns
9	MF	Elisara Fa'amoe		 	Incendia United
10	MF	James Lantana		 	Tushlark Superstars
11	MF	Jonas Patrick		 	FC Malmberg
12	MF	Laran Makula		 	Tushlark Superstars
13	MF	Loi Laguna		 	FC Power
14	MF	Henri Toelau		 	FC Hawkston
15	MF	Martin Tui		 	AFK Perman-Ziga
16	MF	Elea Busar		 	Hwoarang Shoguns
17	MF	Pita Loferi		 	IFK Anderstad
18	FW	Martin Tufele		 	Helterburg
19	FW	Keyn Menetua		 	IFK Anderstad
22	FW	Darius Orhan		 	FC Power
23	FW	Karol Niue		 	FC Pegasus

Team Kits:

About Togonistan:

Togonistan is an island archipelago located in eastern Novapax with a total land area is 60 561.07 sq km and a population of 5.2 million. Togonistan has a tropical maritime climate that is usually hot and humid. There are three seasons: the hot dry season or summer from March to May; the rainy season from June to November; and the cool dry season from December to February. Temperatures usually range from 21 °C (70 °F) to 32 °C (90 °F) although it can get cooler or hotter depending on the season. The coolest month is January; the warmest is May. Most of the islands is covered in tropical rainforest and is volcanic in origin. Togonistan's official language is English, however, native Togoni-Maori is also commonly spoken and taught in schools alongside English.

Fanbase:

Association Football is the most popular sport in Togonistan, which is being played both on domestic as well as international levels. Togonistani national team, nicknamed ''Yellow Warriors'' is held in high respect amongst the local football fans, who wholeheartedly keep supporting their national team, despite the latter not having shown that great results in international competitions. Fans, while generally cheerful and peaceful, do tend to be loud on the stadium. The traditional Togoni haka war chant has been integrated to the footballing scene, with Togonistani fans often chanting in support of their team, putting down a rather spectacular performance on the stadium.

RP Permissions:

My opponent, if they RP first, may do the following:

Godmod scoring events: Y
RP injuries to my players: Y
Godmod injuries to my players: N
Give red cards to my players: N
Godmod other events: N

Style Modifier: -3

by **Geektopia** » Sat Sep 24, 2022 11:59 pm

Geektopia WC Izu Information ǂ Each WC cycle now seniors a Geektopian person by 306.36 years, instead of a ludicrous, uncalculated 300. Minimum and maximum ages for footy players from the country are 1,656 through 4,140. These minimums and maximums lie roughly between 4,232 and 6,440 regarding managers (this meaning that Dingledine in WCQ88 was as old as Australia iirc). Recent Happenings: After the recent successes of an independents Cup debut to remember, Julio is appointed in the year of 8230 without much disagreement, and he decides to appoint a new sports scientist, Ngqwōhyineiszdahsz Hcsczijyocs, as a result of the other one, Trujillo Villanueva, having caused a stir in the association by unlawfully being given the privilege to fire Hojnacki. It's understood that the whereabouts of Trujillo Villanueva after this are not certain, while after this, a client whose name did not want to be revealed found and told the press he saw that a stain on Hcsczijyocs' office desk smelt corrosive, looked red, and spelled "usurper". This, of course, is only a rumor that seems like an eyewitness account, and not a very reliable one at that. Off of the back of this, several legendary Geektopian football players who have certainly made their presences felt will retire this cycle. Julio certainly is thinking of how the fans will take his appointments as he makes the decision to bring up Sistek after a relatively impressive tally of nine goals in twenty matches started despite playing in a restrictive 3-2-3-2 as a member of the back three. At the request of several of the senior players, Julio is hounded to bring up a younger player who can flourish in the middle, and he decides on 2120-year-old Upson from the high-flying O.K. Nrina. A writer in the last number of Rōczwijyrcqa Kemmelkins Zv̄mkeiyawiōhr was heard to say that "Upson is an excellent player, but he is still too inexperienced to be starting for the national team." He will have a chance to prove himself, of course, after the recent departures of three of the best midfielders, central or not, in recent memory. Finally, it appears that the players who took part in the recently concluded cup third place play-off match have been on a high since, as they were hard at work in training, and from what it appeared, they were enjoying themselves. ǂ

Manager: Julio (4,287 years)

DEBUTANT PLAYERS (+4) | [1T] = Starting player, [i] = Injured, [LC] = Low Confidence, [2T] = Regularly Plays as a Substitute, [3T] = Reserve Team, [NP] = Notable Player, [c] = Captain, [¢] = Vice Captain, [1tF] = Fringe First Team, [3tD] = Regularly Played as a Reserve, [2tD] = Regularly Played as a Substitute, [1tD] = Started, [AIM] = Raised in Aimena or partly Aimenan, [UNI] = Raised in Unimon or partly Unimonite, [BCN] = Raised in Burur caq Noaksi or partly Noaksian, [KAR] = Raised in Islas Cardinales or partly Cardinnic
• #3 Sistek (Defender, 3798 years) [1T] [NP — Even though the problem in and of itself is seen in how close he is to retiring, Sistek has been scoring buckets of goals and made up for what he thought was the mediocre price tag of two hundred and twenty two thousand cryptos by solving Corinthians Bashi's inefficiencies in other areas. The most attractive aspects of his game are superior technical ability, and he especially is seen at his best shooting from distance or passing. Mentally weak (especially when it comes to how determined he is at periods as well as his trying and failing to be a threat off of the ball) and physically good enough, but not glamorous. {Thorough, Messy, and Narrow-minded}
• #6 Upson (Midfielder [L, R], 2120 years) {Tolerant, Self-sufficient, and Busy}
• #13 Jerykah Dhubthaeiruh (Midfielder [C, R,], 1715 years), [NP — Jerykah, like most of every other footballer that shares similarities with Germaine Sophie, had unsuccessfully invested their time in another career before 1715 years old, but unlike most other footballers, he had done it for a sizeable portion of his life and just last cycle Jerykah, for the first time ever in his life, went to a training camp led by Hojnacki and was so impressed with his tactics that he decided to quit on pursuing career as a race car driver and do so in football. Jerykah is known to be friends with Nankervis, but a major problem with him according to Julio is that, "No matter how much I've tried, I just can't bring up the subject of my wanting him to wear better shoes than what he has now without him getting uncomfortable. I mean, suit yourself, Jerry."] {Vacuous, Dirty, and Unimpressive}
• #32 Dameţrice 'iidayfib Ṟath Eadjani (Goalkeeper, 2591 years) {Passive, Hard working, and Provocative}

CURRENT PLAYERS (27) | [1T] = Starting player, [i] = Injured, [LC] = Low Confidence, [2T] = Regularly Plays as a Substitute, [3T] = Reserve Team, [NP] = Notable Player, [c] = Captain, [¢] = Vice Captain, [1tF] = Fringe First Team, [3tD] = Regularly Played as a Reserve, [2tD] = Regularly Played as a Substitute, [1tD] = Started, [AIM] = Raised in Aimena or partly Aimenan, [UNI] = Raised in Unimon or partly Unimonite, [BCN] = Raised in Burur caq Noaksi or partly Noaksian, [KAR] = Raised in Islas Cardinales or partly Cardinnic
• #1 Aadish Lieesslolg (Goalkeeper, 2155 years) [2T] [NP — Swadley is dropped for the young, better-positioned, Aadish. By being better positioned, this means he's less likely to save theatrically, as Lertora has as well as Higginbottom. This is a useful asset, as for one, Hojnacki can bring him out against nations which have produced as far as goals are concerned, while when playing low-block assortments, he'll (Hojnacki) be likely to start either Higginbottom or the much favored Lertora.] [UNI] {Inert, Questioning, and Focused}
• #2 Muratbek Nurasq Qaq Eul (Forward, 3246 years) [2T] [AIM]
• #4 Livengood (Defender, 3687 years) [1T] {Playful, Loquacious, and Unceremonious}
• #7 Abdill (Midfielder/Forward, 3606 years) [2T] {Considerate, Insincere, and Chummy}
• #8 Matkowski (Midfielder, 3312 years) [NP — Went to a training camp because of self-confidence issues and is now the primary choice for throw-ins. From Matkowski's impressive progress, he unknowingly coerced Dingledine that the more powerful a throw-in was, the more important to know who threw it in the first place. Looking into Matkowski's personal record, it's thirty five yards, at least ten more than the second longest distance by another countryman, Julio.] [1T] {Teacherly, Caring, and Sophisticated}
• #9 Jayleanna Lnepzsloal (Midfielder/Forward, 2556 years) [1T] [AIM]
• #10 Nankervis (Midfielder/Forward, 3462 years) [1tF] {Political, Undisciplined, and Scornful}
• #11 Zalie 'amquk (Attacking Midfielder, 2877 years) [1T] [UNI] {Reactionary, Exciting, and Foolish}
• #12 Emlee 'adqaliruq Tura Eaer (Forward, 3657 years) [3T] [UNI] {Uncomplaining, Rational, and Ascetic}
• #15 Hugee Adsginsier (Defender/Forward, 3985 years) [1T] {Dependent, Impulsive, and Planful}
• #16 Witrago (Midfielder, 3687 years) [1tF] {Sensual, Seraphic, and Prudent}
• #17 Gulcan 'iirţasdaṟi (Defender, 3684 years) [3T] [KAR] [NP — Gulcan is a notable replacement of Rolke via his similar movements and exaggerations. Him doing as as he would for Rod Guafre would be massive for Geektopia, as even with his getting caught out a few times, can't say he isn't expendable, for how can you contest that sentiment with his five goals and six assists in eighteen match weeks? The administration has been looking for something different, and 'iirţasdaṟi may well be that point of difference.] {Mawkish, Unfathomable, and Many-sided}
• #18 Germain Sophie (Defender, 2262 years) [NP — Germaine Sophie's asexually reproduced son who starts on the pitch more often. It is said that once in a leap year GS18 won't sprain on the field.] [2T] {Accessible, Mechanical, and Anticipative}
• #19 Thorud (Midfielder, 3762 years) [1T] {Irrational, Miserly, and Softheaded}
• #20 Rinnert (Forward, 3762 years) [1T] {Money-minded, Debonair, and Hypnotic}
• #21 Higginbottom (Goalkeeper, 3006 years) [3T] {Flamboyant, Pompous, and Sarcastic}
• #22 Lertora (Goalkeeper, 3606 years) [NP — Once said, "Imagine being a goalkeeper with the jersey number 1 and still not starting.".] [1T] {Self-denying, Upright, and Constant}
• #23 Rebimbas (Midfielder, 3756 years) [1T] {Reflective, Generous, and Romantic}
• #24 Ringwald (Forward/Midfielder, 3831 years) [2T] {Frivolous, Solitary, and Insouciant}
• #25 Vert (Forward, 2987 years) [2T] {Kind, Disruptive, and Assertive}
• #26 Gerking (Midfielder, 3168 years) [2T] {Hedonistic, Thoughtless, and Urbane}
• #27 Swenty (Forward, 3016 years) [2T] {Confidential, Dissolute, and Stern}
• #28 Ogrodowski (Defender, 3093 years) [2T] {Providential, Articulate, and Hesitant}
• #29 Diminno (Midfielder/Defender, 3393 years) [NP — Isn't as mouthy as before, but Diminno's teammates and colleagues miss the whimsical, childish motivational advice he gave to others as if a talking jokebook. An element of happiness was taken from the team when newly appointed manager and workout expert Hojnacki told "Dimi", as his compatriots call him, to "straighten up".] [3T] {Idiosyncratic, Driving, and Popular}
• #30 Ponti (Midfielder, 3318 years) [1tF] {Fatalistic, Barbaric, and Tense}
• #33 Pitter (Midfielder, 3768 years) [NP —  Still up one file from a ball-sweeping defender to a ball-sweeping midfielder.] [2T] {Insensitive, Cautious, and Self-indulgent}
• #35 Ratter (Defender, 2943 years) [2T] [NP — Down one file from a midfielder to a well positioned defender. The gaffer, as well as adjusting positions spryly, adjusted the hell out of Ratter's attitude when he first opposed the move, only after understanding that his shift of posture was essential to keeping the faith regarding one familiar 3-4-3 formation played throughout the last three years of World Cup Qualifying was Ratter able to be punctual in training sessions. {Athletic, Forthright, and Mistaken}
• #38 Lierin Minilinsirtaytfah Y Nayj (Defender [Full-Back], 3068 years) [2T] [NP — Lierin gets a start for the national team bench after leading O.K. Rod Guafre, and for some time, the division in goal involvements. Though he is not considered by himself or others to be at home yet in the national team, the fitness coach and manager Hojnacki plans to make his intentions known by kicking off his second long-term fitness project: making it so that Lierin maintains healthy blood pressure levels via carefully stabilized strength training and cardio hybrid workouts, lays off the artificial sweeteners, and maximizes fat loss without hindering gains. This is off the back of Project Swadley, where he diagnosticated Swadley into a well-oiled machine over the WC89 cycle, making it so that he is only slightly more athletic than Lertora and Higginbottom and more likely to challenge Lertora for a spot in the eleven.] {Responsive and Original}

OUTGOING PLAYERS (+7)
• #3 Autianna 'ardiquswaa (Midfielder, 4196 years) [1T] [AIM] {Farsighted, Sane, and Uninhibited}
• #5 Dargy (Defender, 4212 years) [2T] {Dedicated, Monstrous, and Charming}
• #6 Germaine Sophie (Midfielder/Forward, 4212 years) [NP — An ex-gridiron player who is mostly known for how mindbogglingly stupid his post-game interviews in the World Bowl competitions of old came off as. His aggressiveness and playing style are a perfect showcase of how Sophie doesn't run it through before he acts. Although there is a difference when seeing someone having a natural talent for the creative and the unpredictable as opposed to making unconventional and idiotic blunders on the pitch, Germaine Sophie possessed both of these characteristics.] [1T] {Aspiring, Overimaginative, and Neurotic}
• #13 Blask (Midfielder, 4158 years) [3T] {Discourteous, Contradictory, and Enervated}
• #14 Shamammi (Midfielder, 4212 years) [3T] [NP — Shammami, as is fair to say, was not as reliable on the team as Nankervis or Jayleanna, even when finding time to work on his weaknesses. You could say for this squad there's all sorts of questions as far as age is concerned. Such is why Hojnacki replaces some of the individuals that Dingledine trusted with his short temper.] {Reactive, Unreligious, and Preoccupied}
• #32 Boblett (Goalkeeper, 4197 years) [1tF] {Hidebound, Graceless, and Cold}
• #34 Jakius Krutiqayir Tarun (Forward, 4273 years) [3T] {Paranoid, Cute, and Trendy}

Taking up a seat at Place of Valence
Moved from Chiseled Cheddar Bay, Isleshore, Geektopia to 6969 Cocaininho Way, Mukladrue, Geektopia
Owner: Foxi Bancorp and Intellectual Affairs
Record Attendance: 30,012 (Geektopia 3-0 Pasarga (DBC 50 Group B)
Field Size: 105m x 70m
Surface: GrassForBall™
Goal Anthem: Journey - Any Way You Want It
Built: August 31st, 6478

by **Atheara** » Sun Sep 25, 2022 12:07 am

ATHEARAN NATIONAL TEAM - World Cup XCII

The official roster for Atheara in the 92nd edition of the World Cup.

Atheara returns to the international stage along with the qualifiers for the 92nd World Cup. With many of Atheara's stars fading due to age, it is up to the mostly new generation to pick up what was given! However, it won't be easy. New competition has risen to take a chance at the sport, and many nations have improved in their footballing ability. And with domestic problems still being caused by ISLORA, how will the new Blue Guard fare? Only in time can tell. But first, you should get to know the new, the current, and the older generation the team has. This is our representatives!

NATION INFORMATION
NATION   : Atheara
          - The Councilliary Republic of Atheara
          - The Republic of Atheara
TRIGRAMME: AHR
STYLE MOD: -4
FORMATION: 4 - 1 - 4 - 1
NICKNAME : The Blue Guard
CAPTAIN  : Jonathan Winger
          - Unless it is stated otherwise.

MANAGEMENT FIGURES
NAME                      POS         AGE
Kristian Johansson        Head Coach  51
Tedd Van De Lruzhingen    Ass. Coach  37
Pieter Dehnvest           Analyst     45
Adner Chroswell - Doritz  Tactician   38

PLAYER ROSTER
N   NAME                       POS     AGE  CLUB
7   Zack Dawnbridge            CF      23   Eastria FC
11  Kirov Solmatzka            CF      27   Astena Rangers
25  Natan Trevoire             CF      22   Aiderlesch United

5   Brandon Dottier            AM      32   Gruttenwald United
14  Urusov Cantonian - Myords  AM      34   Neidegrad United
26  Tutrov Van Desseilts       CM      20   Deskala Saints
3   Mryzlav Koralsko           CM      23   Astena Rangers
28  Sebastian Gregory          CM      28   Harindar SC
15  Walter Ridgefork           DM(CM)  22   Harindar SC
10  Andreas Olphert - Jordsen  DM      32   Parkenheight FC
27  Rick Milewent              DM      35   Deskala Saints

19  Azel Nieroth - Albrin      RM(RW)  21   Schennerwits City
18  Harlow Stonewall           RM(RW)  19   Real Kazatia
30  Thibraught Van De Keyes    LM      26   Parkenheight FC
6   Zeeke Red                  LM      23   AFC Uderetch
29  Dani Halfaard              LM(LW)  28   Bayerstrome SC

24  Emanuel Coelho             CB      21   Eastria FC
17  Tobias Aslen - Morhallik   CB      26   Deskala Saints
2   Anzel Van Brultheil        CB      26   AFC Olhelm
23  Ja Dishwasher              CB      19   SC Rennerheim
8   Adam Parkinson             CB      33   Real Nova

20  Jonathan Winger            RB      33   Eastria FC
30  Arkeson Trey - Galos       RB      29   Pesub Ubung (PCU)
9   Callum Norelinski          RB      24   AFC Uderetch
13  Joshua Pike - Seelers      RB      24   Gruttenwald United
4   Julian Da Breffenstad      RB      35   Real Kazatia
16  Draxler Archengate         LB      23   Schennerwits City
12  Alfadi Greznotsh           LB      28   Kota Lama FC (SHT)
22  Lachlan Burgen             LB      23   Aiderlesch United

1   Mikel Horzabath Krygorf    GK      23   Astena Rangers
11  Mugel Krygorf              GK      36   Ausharmuj Marusi (FFD)
21  Cory Kallashin - Ekuinev   GK      30   Neidegrad United

MAIN TACTICAL SET UP

4 - 1 - 4 - 1

Atheara now plays a variation of the 4 - 1 - 4 - 1 formation. Rather than having two central midfielders, Atheara places an attacking midfielder for more offensive options. This is also to ease the transition from defense into attack, due to the fact that in Atheara, the 4 - 1 - 4 - 1 is more of a slow build up, forward moving formation. With this new tactical set up, it allows for the ball to be deployed towards the wings as the wingers rush forward and not just when the rush down the wings have started. It also allows the lone central midfielder to decide on whether to stay back for defense or to join the attacking play, depending on the current situation. In short, versatility and more open options on the attack.

At the front, you have Dawnbridge. Despite having a partner at Eastria FC, he will be the lone striker for Atheara. He is a great player overall from technique to passing, to flexibility and shooting. He operates mostly around outside the box and near the outer insides of it, usually going for long shots and outside the box goals with his signature curving shot. For the key man in the box, it is attacking midfielder Dottier. Not only he can do everything an AM would do, he is also deadly for headers and in the box goals. His finishing is also sublime, so expect Dottier to drive forward inside rather than Dawnbridge. At the center of it all is Van Desseilts, a player who can press forward or track back. And overall a versatile player that can play according to the situation. On the wings, Nieroth - Albrin is fast and likes to cut inside, but he is more of a dribbler. He is better at keeping the ball himself and driving forward for a goal of his own, but may pass to his teammates from time to time. Van De Keyes is not as fast, but his passing is mostly spot on. He is also amazing in speed for someone who is 193cm. Then there is Ridgefork, a CM turned DM for the national team. Kristian Johansson saw him being more defensive at Harindar SC, and decided to try this idea out. This also gives Atheara an extra attacking option on the field at all times, sacrificing the defense gained from that of a typical DM. But that will be trained, and it might be smoother than what was thought of due to Ridgefork's nature.

In the defense, you have the partnership of Coelho and Aslen - Morhallik. Two high work rate and pressing defenders that rotate around their part of the field at all times. While Coelho is the younger and faster defender, Aslen - Morhallik is the older but more technical and smart defender. Both cover each other's blind spot when one of them is pressing it out. At the fullback position, there is Winger on the right and Archengate at the left. Both fullbacks can and tend to charge up front, but with some differences. Winger tends to charge to the halfline, then offloading the ball to either Nieroth - Albrin or Van Desseilts. Meanwhile, Archengate tends to charge up to the half point in the opposition's side to offload it to either a charging up Van De Keyes, or crosses it to the other side of the field or even a forward cross for Dottier to charge forward. Sometimes a cross to Dawnbridge for him to take a quick chance from outside of the box. And in the net is Mikel Horzabath Krygorf, you may know who he is related to from his name. Overall, just as good as his over-a-decade older brother, though lacking the leadership abilities that Mugel Krygorf has. But that might be compensated for his far better natural read of the game.

However, for charging forward, the general tactic is a mix of quick and fast bursts of speed and dynamic passing between the players to push up front when possession is gained from the enemy team. And the general strategy done in defending from the opposition is a mix of high, constant, relentless pressing that tries to clamp down on enemy players before they have the chance to create a goalscoring opportunity, or before they move forward at all. This is to ensure Atheara wins back possession as quickly as possible while trying to maintain their defensive line.

OTHER INFORMATION
For this years World Cup Qualifying, Atheara will play it's home matches in Schennerwits City's Schengen Stadium (60.000), after it's name change.

ROLEPLAY PERMISSIONS
My opponent, if they RP first, may do the following:

Choose My Goalscorers          : Y
Godmod Scoring Events          : Y
RP Injuries to My Players      : Y, but must be reasonable.
Godmod Injuries to My Players  : Y
Give Yellow Cards to My Players: Y, maximum 4 per match.
Give Red Cards to My Players   : Y, maximum 2 per match.
Godmod Other Events            : Y

Style Modifier                 : -4

by **Civia Welephilostopia** » Sun Sep 25, 2022 3:49 am

The Emerald Elephants:
Coming from Civia Welephilostopia the Emerald Elephants, a team much beloved both for their on ground performance and off ground charity work is officially in, the lineup is as follows with the addition of youngsters which will demonstrate to Civia Welephilostopia and the World.

Manager: Mauride De Perning
Coach: Yurice Li Gowrd

Goal Keepers:
#4 Solomon (Captain) 23
#6 Edgar(backup) 19

Defenders:
#10 Fraser 18 (Leftback)
#11 Ahmed 20 (Centreback)
#18 Kryan 18 ((Rightback)
#78 Haider(backup) 21
#14 Dominic(backup) 19

Midfielders:
#9 Jeremy (Left Wing) (Left Corners) 24 (2 Goal)
#5 Joseph (Right Wing) (Right Corners) 20
#16 Kevin 18 (Left Mid) (1 Goal
#55 Jervis 19 (CDM) (1 Goal)
#46 Nadia 18 (Right Mid)
#90 Marco(backup) 22
#99 Francisco(backup) 19
#42 Stephan(backup) 23

Strikers:
#25 Luca 19 (Left Forward) (Penalty Taker) (1 Goal)
#24 Ben 18 (Central Forward) (2 Goal)
#86 Federick 19 (Right Forward) (3 Goals)
#2 Leon(backup) 20
#21 Finn (backup) 21

Youngsters (backup backups):
#17 Firinly (Defender) 16
Coming from the capital city of Vuoledo Firnly was the first and argueably best of the youngsters he is hoping to prove that he is the next generation of icons in Civia Welephilostopia.

#8 Moralinio (Midfielder) 16
The young and flashy import from the Kodiak Republic Moralinio has called Welephilostopia home for many years and is as excited as anyone to be playing in the world cup.

#3 Caycelio (Striker) 16 (1 Goal)
Caycelio is a true exemplar of never giving up, growing up poor in the remote regions of Welephilostopia Caycelio showed his hidden talent early on, he was already playing in the under 13s when he was 9 and was offered to join the biggest academy in the Kodiak league when he was only 12 years old. Now, with all of his skill and determination he is set to show the world what hard work can get you.

Formation: 3-1-4-2

My opponent, if they RP first, may do the following:

Godmod scoring events: N
RP injuries to my players: Y
Godmod injuries to my players: N
Give red cards to my players: Y
Godmod other events: N

Style Modifier: +2

by **Sharktail** » Sun Sep 25, 2022 8:37 am

Sharktail WCQ 92 Roster

Nickname : The Blue Predator
Manager: Yunos
A. Manager: Salleh
Tactic: 4 - 4 - 2
Style: 0
Captain: Azaim
Vice Captain: Harold
Penalty Kick: Ilias Rezal
Free Kick:
S: Azaim / L: Azaim
Corner:
L: Harold / R: Irfan

GK			
1	Maxter	        32	GK	Anara
12	Zaid Jahir	25	GK	Kota Jembal FC
22	Elias Rayyan	24	GK	Bakti United FC
				
2	Harold	        33	DL	Sarim Potato FC
13	Azam Hafifi	24	DL	Bakti United FC
3	Hidawi	        29	CB	Kingsrove FC
4	Maqri	        29	CB	Porto Espinhosa FC
14	Homer Harizul	29	CB	Kota Lama FC
15	Wan Irfan	24	CB	Kota Jembal FC
5	Irfan Danial	32	RB	Damaisari
16	Izz	        29	RB	Bakti United FC
				
6	Azaim	        29	MC	Kota Lama FC
7	Nazmi Shafik	26	MC	SC Tabeira
18	Sahan Salaman	27	MC	Kota Jembal FC
19	Rezal Manaf	26	MC	Bakti United FC
8	Azrul Fakhran	29	ML	Kuala Town FC
17	Mokhtar Aidil	27	AM	FC Amarelda
11	Irfan Bahrin	28	MR	Sporting Praia do Emerita
20	Balang Nazran	29	MR	Sri Irama FC
				
9	Win Aziz	27	ST	Kota Jembal FC
10	Ilias Rezal	29	ST	Royal Daulapura FC
21	Razen Saif	26	ST	Pescam Campuhan 
23	Haziq Badrol	29	ST	Bakti United FC

RP permission
Choose my goalscorers :Y
Godmod Scoring Events :Y
RP injuries to my players :Y
Godmod injuries to my players :N
Hand out Yellow cards to my players :Y
Hand out Red cards to my players :Y
Godmod Other Events :Y

by **Milchama** » Sun Sep 25, 2022 8:40 am

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Sports Section

Bring It Back?

What do you do when the chips start falling? After surprisingly qualifying for World Cup 90 Milchama took a step back in World Cup 91. Sure, not qualifying was not a surprise, though certainly disappointing, but finishing 6th in their group despite being ranked third shows that the Warriors had clearly taken a step back. Many blamed Coach Lamarein's squad selection and it was through clever politicking (and lack of real alternatives) that kept him in the job. So Lamarein switched it up for the Cup of Harmony. However, what we noticed was that the lack of youthful talent had created a mini vacuum where it was hard to figure out exactly who could replace whom in the starting 11. With that problem, Milchama rolled out a relatively similar lineup for the Cup of Harmony.

However, Milchama played well at the Cup of Harmony finishing second in the group and despite only playing to the level of the competition was able to get in to the octofinals where the Warriors lost to the host and higher seeds, Mertagne in extra time. Those exploits were enough to keep Lamarein in the job but now he faces a dilemma. Exactly how much do we run it back? Since time is non-linear in Milchama each player is somewhere between 2-4 years older than they were at the last World Cup and it's also been awhile since this generation of Warriors started so it might be time for a refresh. The question facing Lamarein is what to do?

It seems like Lamarein has gone in the middle, switching out some veterans but leaving other players in tact in order to keep Milchama on solid footing. He also said, "For many of these players this will probably be their last World Cup or World Cup qualifying. The new blood is coming and we need to taste it" While Lamarein was immediately arrested on suspicion of being vampire he was later released after it was revealed that vampires don't exist in Milchama (we think, there might be some). So without further ado here is your roster:

Coach: Darryl Lamarein - Lamarein was pro in something other than sports, namely an accountant, when he was asked to take over the finances of Mongol FC, then a third division side. After getting the finances in order he also noticed they tended to make more money and play better if they used different tactics with different players. He eventually convinced the GM to let him try that for one game. They won 6-0. They did it the next game, they won 6-2. Lamarein was then made coach of the Mongols where he led them to straight promotions. Then people got angry at him and had him manage the national team assuming that he would get paid for a do nothing job. Then the Isolation ended and now he's doing things.

Lamerein plays the traditional Milchamian 3-3-4 with a +3 modifier.

GK: Morc Entersher - New kid on the block. His exploits for Chaialim in the league have become the stuff of legend. Takes the job over a retired Miles Inthracam.
D: Dollard Foster - Big man who is known for vicious tackling. Also a decent header of the ball.
D: Ittai Witson - Captain. Finally old now and doesn't quite have the first step he once did but his incredible leadership skills and remarkable ability to read the game has made him still an invaluable part of the Milchamian defense.
D: Dallas Hunter - LB - Shoots to kill. Very aggressive outside back.
M: Leetal Fenet - CM - Really good at picking out a pass to the right player at the right time. Engine of the offensive midfield.
M: Gal Waver - Box to box central midfielder who is known for winning the ball back and recycling it very efficiently.
M: Morris Maris - Fast tricky winger. Plays a touch too far forward for the system but was moved to the starting lineup because something needed to change.
F: Dee Schneider - RF - Fast, tricky, good handles, scores a lot for his club. Finally got the starting nod for World Cup 90 over Mattityahu.
F: Marc K. Floren - Not related to Marc J. Floren despite the name. Greatest finisher in the modern Milchamian league.
F: Elliot Flok - CF/RF - Pure scorer. Has moved himself into the starting lineup as one of the few Milchamians who didn't suck during qualifying. Also Holden Flomes retired.
F: Colm Interlasskoti - RF - Was once Milchama's greatest prospect. Then Milchama's greatest bust and now, finally, at 26 in the starting lineup. They/them pronouns.

Subs:
GK: Ishtvan Martin - Second string
GK: LaDonte Crenter - Third string. He also occasionally plays left back.
D: Eric Hexidevorah - Not half of something but all of something. Eric is a great outside defender able to play on both wings.
D: Dervan Kelliers CB - One of the new young CBs that has risen through the ranks in Milchama. Many compare him to Wilson as young'un. Expect him to start very soon.
D: Yosef Ben Bazar - CB While his dad might be weird, Ben Bazar is not. His no nonsense attitude translates into a lot of cards at time.
D: Theo Elkenstall - LB. Natural left footer known for his good crosses.
M: Amy Cekarn - CM - Defensive mid. Comes in for defensive solidity.
M: Kelly Filimitov - LM - Lefty dead ball specialist. Also very good at crosses.
M: Tiam Hotonon - RM - Led the Invading Crusaders to a surprise 2nd place and got himself into the national team picture.
M: Cal Kamet CM - The rare Milchamian attacking mid. Nobody really knows what to do with Kemet because they play in all sorts of weird spaces that don't traditionally exist in Milchama. Has led to them leading the goal scoring 2 of the last 3 years in the New Babylon league. They/them.
F: Tzvi ben Yochanan - Fast goalscoring forward. Known for his long runs where he's just onside near the last defender.
F: Yoni Flominon - Incredible passing skills has led to multiple assist titles in the Karakorum League for Flominon. Moved up to Alexandria and immediately got a starting position for Jasper's Creepers. Some think it's a reach but I don't.
F: Millie Kouriea - Plays with Floren at club level. Her ability to link up with him on offense has led to mini revival for Floren in club football so they figured why not put her on the national team as well? It works out we think.
F: Abby Goldshires - Outside striker who is known for her technical vision and skill. Still very young with a lot to work on.
F: Aiden McDavies - Has no idea what's he's doing here and we don't either. Will probably score all the goals.

Other stuff:
My opponent, if they RP first, may do the following:

Choose my goalscorers: Y
Godmod scoring events: Y
RP injuries to my players: Y
Godmod injuries to my players: Y
Give yellow cards to my players: Y
Give red cards to my players: Y
Godmod other events: Y

Anything goes, I'll roll with it. I'll probably create more chaos if you let me because that's how I roll.

[Rosters] :: World Cup 92

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